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ID number: BIRBI-S0099 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir II Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 379-383 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7918, Spink, 24th August 1972. |
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Description: Obverse: Artashir II, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l. shoulder, earring; crown with single pellet band, korymbos above crown; single pellet band at neckline; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at bottom, two steps at top, with altar slab; fire atop altar, with four tongues of flame; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHAN ART (?? Artashir). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ia.Rev.1a.
Notes: Eastern type? Double struck on reverse.
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