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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0057 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Narseh Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 293-302 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.34 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7978, A. H. Baldwin, 30th May 1973. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Narseh, bearded, with hair in plaits; crowned, with three cinquefoil elements atop crown, with korymbos above; decoration at neckline; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, two at top, with altar slab above; fire atop altar; attendants flanking the altar, crowned, holding barsom, facing altar; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI NRŠHI MLKAN MLKA MN ČTRY MN YZDN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI NARSHI MALKAN MALKA MIN CHITRY MIN YAZDAN/Mazda-worshipping divine Narseh, King of Kings, whose seed is from the gods). Reverse: NURA ZI NARŠHI (Fire of Narseh) Bibliography: SNS 2.Typ II/5a.
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Narseh 302 | |
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