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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0158 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Yazdgird I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 399-420 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 3.87 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 7985, A. H. Baldwin, 30th May 1973. |
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Description: Obverse: Yazdgird I, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l. shoulder, earring; ribbon extending upwards from behind l. shoulder; crown, with pellet band, domed, mural elements, crescent at front of crown, topped with korymbos; double pellet band at neckline, double pellet lines extending from shoulder to sternum, where they connect to large hollow pellet; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, three steps at top, two ribbons extending down from centre of column; fire atop altar; two attendants, crowned, both facing in toward altar, holding sword/barsom; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MLKAN YZKRTI MLKAN (MALKAN YAZDGIRD MALKAN/King Yazdgird, King). Rev: YZDKRT (Yazdgird) Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ia2.Rev.1b. Notes: Forgery? Pahlavi anomolous and detail on imagery unusually clear (cf.beard on bust). |
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Yazdgird I Sasanian 420 | |
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