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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-WH0077 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Thorburn, Philip Maker: Darabgird Denomination: Chalkous Place made: Asia: Iran, Fars, Darab Culture: Arabic Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 3.76 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5120. A. H. Baldwin, ex. P. Thorburn. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Shah, crowned, within two concentric borders; crescent at 90, 180 and 270 degrees, with three pellets in triangle formation either side of each. Reverse: Fire-altar, within single border, crescents at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees. Inscriptions: Obverse: بسم الله Reverse: DA (Darabgird) APZT (AFZUT/It has increased [In retrograde]) Bibliography: Gyselen (2000) Arab-Sasanian Copper Coinage, Type 10a, pp.125.
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Thorburn, Philip | |
| Darabgird Sasanian | |
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