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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-WH0107 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tegin Denomination: Drachm Culture: Western Turkic Date made: c.600 AD Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.9 Weight (g): 3.01 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5223. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust in profile view right, mustache; wearing a double pearl diadem with a ribbed crescent at the front, containing a small crescent with a slash; two horizontally-pleated ribbons float upwards from the diadem; a hair bale at the back of the neck. Reverse: Fire altar, two attendants; attendants are the same style as those on the coins of Khusrau II (591-628) onwards. Inscriptions: Obverse: ταγινο υωρσανο þαυο (Tegin, king of Khorasan). Reverse: χþονο υπ ([year] 480) σρι þαο ([corrupted] His perfection, king). Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.240 p.651. Notes: Chipped at 180 degrees on obverse. |
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Tegin Turkic | |
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