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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0003 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 224-242 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.69 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 7988, A. H. Baldwin, 30th May 1973. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, facing r., bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, six-pointed star in crown, single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with round column, altar slab with pellet band; two lower censors l. and r. of altar; fire atop altar; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ARTHŠTR MLKAN MLKA AYRAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI ARTHSHTIR MALKAN MALKA AYRAN/Mazda-worshipping Divine Artashir, King of Kings of Iran) Reverse: NURA ZI ARTHŠTR (Fire of Artashir) Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIa/3a
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Artashir I Sasanian 242 | |
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