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ID number: BIRBI-WH0101 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Pangul Denomination: Half Drachm Place made: Asia: Afghanistan, Zabulistan Culture: Western Turkic Date made: 7-8th Century AD Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 1.80 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5594, July 1967, ex. Dr. R. B. Whitehead |
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Description: Obverse: Two opposing senmerv protomes; above, tamgha. Reverse: Tamgha (S 61d) surrounded by legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: ταδονο ταρχανο βαγδδιγγο υαροβιδο (Tudun, Tarkhan of Balkh, the commander).
Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.245 pp.661.
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