Son of Peroz I.

Denominations: D/6; d, Obol; U, U/12

Kavad I, 2nd reign: Thirty-nine (39) listed in SNS: AH, ALM, AM, AP, APL, ART, AS, AT, AW, AY, AYL, AYLAN, BN, BYST, BYSh, BShT, DA, DYWAN, DYWAS, DYWAT, GD, GNCKL, GW, HL, KA, KL, LD, LYW, MA, ML, MY, NY, PL, ST, Sh, ShY, WH, WYH, WYHC.

Regnal year to AD date conversion:

REGNAL YEAR	AD YEAR	NOTES	REGNAL YEAR	AD YEAR	NOTES
1	488	1st crown; vertical shoulder ribbons	23	510
2	489		24	511
3	490		25	512
4	491		26	513
5	492		27	514
6	493		28	515
7	494		29	516
8	495		30	517
9	496	Reign of Zamasp	31	518
10	497	Reign of Zamasp	32	519
11	498	Reign of Zamasp First dated issue (of Kavad)	33	520	Double reverse border
12	499		34	521
13	500	2nd crown; diadem ends through top border Horizontal shoulder ribbons; stars and crescents outside border on obverse	35	522	Juan-juan leader, P'o-lo-men, flees to Hephthalites.
14	501		36	523
15	502		37	524
16	503		38	525
17	504		39	526
18	505		40	527
19	506		41	528
20	507	Star before bust; annulets disappear from garment Back to vertical shoulder ribbons	42	529
21	508		43	530
22	509	Hephthalites seize Sogdiana.

Gobl II/4 issue: 2nd crown (diadem ends through border type) with no star before bust/vertcal shoulder ribbons/stars and crescents outside border on obverse; single reverse border [year 13 (?)]

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE Drachm or Medallion
Mint: none
Regnal year: none
27 mm.
3.84 gm.
Gobl II/4; SNS Ib/3b (?)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse: Unpublished for mint.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE Drachm or Medallion
Mint: none
Regnal year: none
27 x 26 mm.
3.84 gm.
Gobl SN II/4; SNS Ib/a
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=19 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse: Unpublished for mint.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE Drachm or Medallion
Mint: none
Regnal year: none
29 x 28 mm.
3.59 gm.
Gobl SN II/4 (plate 11, 192); Mochiri 1998, plate 6, 9
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=20 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Large 300%/150 dpi scan obv/rev [195K JPG]
Obverse: Bust right; legend in margin.
Reverse: Bust right, hand outstretched. Pahlavi legend to left: yzdty = god; legend to right: shtrywr = best rule. Legend in margin.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl II/1 issue: 2nd crown (diadem ends through border type) with no star before bust/horizontal shoulder ribbons/stars and crescents outside border on obverse; single reverse border [years 13 - 19]

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE Drachm
Mint: AW
Regnal year: 12 (?)
30 x 31 mm.
3.76 gm.
Gobl SN II/1; SNS Ib/1a
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
500 AD
Mint: AS
Regnal year: 13
28 mm.
3.77 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1018v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN II/1v. (plate XI/185v.)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse: Early legend written with letters base inward.
Reverse:
Note: First year of this type.

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Kavad I (First reign 488 - 497 AD)
AR Drachm
498 AD
Mint: BN
Regnal year: 13
28 x 29 mm.
3.86 gm.
Gobl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Alexander Akin collection.

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Kavad I
AR Drachm
502 AD
Mint: MA
Regnal year: 15
30 x 29 mm.
4.04 gm.
Gobl SN II/1; Mochiri ENIS II 942
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Broken flan; holed and repaired.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
503 AD
Mint: LD
Regnal year: 16
28 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy William B. Warden, Jr. collection.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
503 AD
Mint: ART
Regnal year: 16
27 x 30 mm.
3.92 gm.
Gobl SN II/1; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse: Odd 'T' in ART.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
503 AD
Mint: GD
Regnal year: 16
29 mm.
3.98 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1018v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN II/1v. (plate XI/185v.)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
504 AD
Mint: DA
Regnal year: 17
27 mm.
3.51 gm. (Clipped or small flan)
Mitchiner ACW 1018v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN II/1v. (plate XI/185v.)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
504 AD
Mint: KL
Regnal year: 17
29 x 28 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: This coin has been bent in half.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE 1/12 Unit
Mint: LYW
Regnal year: 17 (?)
12 mm.
0.46 gm.
Gobl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=10 mm.; diameter of reverse border=10 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse: Three pellets before bust (no star).
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

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Kavad I imitation
AR Drachm
Mint: [blundered]
Regnal year: [blundered]
28 x 27 mm.
3.27 gm.
Gobl SN II/1 type; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Anepigraphic; see other from similar dies, below.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
498 - 519 AD
Mint: [blundered]
Regnal year: [blundered]
28 mm.
3.96 gm.
Gobl SN II/1v.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=4h
reverse
Obverse: No legend (!).
Reverse: Mint name blundered to left ! (AY (?)); year blundered to right.
Note: This may be an imitation; possibly an Hephthalite one. For similar see: Khurshudian/Zohrabian 2002 'Sassanian Coins of Armenia' page 65, Kavad I #32 [exact same style but different dies].

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Kavad I (First reign 488 - 497 AD)
AR Drachm
Mint: blundered BYSh (?)
Regnal year: (?)
29 x 28 mm.
3.88 gm.
Gobl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse: Blundered legend.
Reverse: Blundered legends.
Note: This is an imitation.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Hemiobol
Mint: WH (?)
Regnal year: none
12 mm.
0.37 gm.
Gobl SN II/1; SNS Ib/1a
Diameter of obverse dotted border=7 mm.; diameter of reverse border=7 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl III/1 issue: 2nd crown (diadem ends through border type) with star before bust/vertical shoulder ribbons; single reverse border [years 20 - 32]

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
509 AD
Mint: DA
Regnal year: 22
28 mm.
3.68 gm.
Gobl SN III/1; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
511 AD
Mint: AM
Regnal year: 24
30 mm.
3.74 gm.
Gobl SN III/1; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
515 AD
Mint: HL
Regnal year: 28 (?)
29 x 31 mm.
3.92 gm.
Gobl SN III/1; Mochiri ENIS II 97 (same obverse die)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=4h
reverse
Obverse: No legend (!)
Reverse:

Gobl III/2 issue: 2nd crown (diadem ends through border type) with star before bust; double reverse border [years 33 - 43]

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
520 AD
Mint: DYNAW
Regnal year: 33
29 mm.
4.10 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1020v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN III/2 (plate XI/190)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=27 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: First year of this type.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
521 AD
Mint: GD
Regnal year: 34
28 mm.
4.06 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1023v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN III/2 (plate XI/190)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=27 mm.
Die position=4h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
522 AD
Mint: GNCKL
Regnal year: 35 (?)
29 mm.
3.91 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
522 AD
Mint: AYLAN
Regnal year: 35 (?)
28 mm.
3.77 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II 851
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=2h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
522 AD
Mint: DYNAW
Regnal year: 35
29 mm.
3.99 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1020, Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN III/2 (plate XI/190)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=27 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I
AR Drachm
523 AD
Mint: HL
Regnal year: 36
28 x 29 mm.
3.81 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II 101
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
523 AD
Mint: AYL
Regnal year: 36
27 mm.
3.45 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1021v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN III/2 (plate XI/190)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=26 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I
AR Drachm
524 AD
Mint: AYL
Regnal year: 37
28 mm.
3.93 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=27 mm.
Die position=5h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Broken die; cast?

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
525 AD
Mint: HL
Regnal year: 38
28 mm.
4.07 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II 103
Diameter of obverse dotted border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
526 AD
Mint: GW
Regnal year: 39
29 mm.
4.15 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 1017v., Sellwood ISC 52v. (type II), Gobl SN III/2 (plate XI/190)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=2h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse:

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
520 - 531 AD
Mint: ML
Regnal year: blundered (30-39)
29 x 30 mm.
3.92 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II - [examples of MR years 35, 36, 38, 39, and 40]
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=29 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse: No legend.
Reverse:
Note: This may be an imitation.

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AR Drachm
528 AD
Mint: WYH
Regnal year: 41
29 x 28 mm.
4.04 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=26 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse: Pellets on garment.
Reverse:

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Kavad I
AR Drachm
530 AD
Mint: ZLNG
Regnal year: 43
29 x 28 mm.
3.95 gm.
Gobl SN III/2; Mochiri ENIS II -; Mochiri Arab-Sasanian Civil War Coinage Plate XIX, 112 (same reverse die)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Name: kw't'y
Reverse: Year 41 or 43.
Note: Last year of reign.

Gobl V/2 issue

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Kavad I (Second reign 499 - 531 AD)
AE Unit
Mint: MA (?)
Regnal year: none
15 mm.
1.27 gm.
Gobl SN V/2; SNS Id/1c
Diameter of obverse dotted border=13 mm.; diameter of reverse border=14 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse: Double border.
Reverse: Triple border.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.