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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0068 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Hormazd II Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 302-309 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 4.18 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 4114, A. H. Baldwin, 22nd August 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hormazd II, bearded, with diadem falcon-headed crown, with pellet in beak, above this a korymbos, with diadem bands, hair in bunch over l. shoulder, single pellet band at neckline, single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar flanked with two standing attendants, two steps at bottom, two steps at top, with altar slab; fire atop altar, headless bust of figure within the flames; attendants, crowned, hold swords/barsom; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI AHRMAZDY MLKA MLKAN AYRAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI AHURAMAZDY MALKAN MALKA AYRAN/Mazda-worshipping divine Hormazd, King of Kings of Iran) Reverse: NURA (Fire of...) Bibliography: SNS 2.Obv.Ia.Rev.2a. Notes: Discolouration on reverse. |
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| Hormazd II Sasanian 309 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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