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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-S0150
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Istanbul Sasanian Hoard
Maker:  Yazdgird I; Ahuramazd Artashir
Denomination:  Drachm
Place made:  Khuzestan: Ahvaz
Culture:  Sasanian
Date made:  399-420
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  3.95
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4810, A. H. Baldwin, 19th October 1964, from Istanbul.
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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, crescent at front of crown, topped with upturned crescent with fireball within; single 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, depicted as four rows of four pellets, three pellets, two pellets and one pellet respectively; to l. and r. of altar fire, upturned crescent, with pellet below; two attendants, crowned, both facing in toward altar, holding sword/barsom; single pellet border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MZDYSN BGI RAMŠTRI YZDKRTY MLKAN MLKA (MAZDAYASNA BAGI RAMSHATRI YAZDGIRD MALKAN MALKA/Mazda-worshipping, Divine, who maintains peace in his realm, Yazdgird, King of Kings). Rev: H (?) AW (Ahuramazd Artashir)

Bibliography:  SNS 3.1.Obv.Ib1.Rev.1a.Var.6.

4 Related People

Yazdgird I
Sasanian

420
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Istanbul Sasanian Hoard



Ahuramazd Artashir
Sasanian


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