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ID number: BIRBI-WH0083 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herat Denomination: Chalkous Place made: Asia: Afghanistan, Herat Culture: Kushano-Sasanian Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 2.25 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 8016. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Shapur I? profile facing r., with korymbos on crown; single pellet border. Reverse: Figure standing in centre, Mitra?, leading horse l.; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: KUŠANŠAH. Reverse: None.
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