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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-WH0059 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: The Bactrian Yabghu Denomination: Drachm Culture: Western Turkic Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 4.94 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7833, A. H. Baldwin, 11th October 1971. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust in profile view right, variant 3, bearded with long straight hair, wearing crown with two crescents attached to the diadem, a pair of wings and a buffalo's head above; ribbons emerge from both shoulders; single pellet border; outside border at 90, 180 and 270 degrees crescent with Tamgha. Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants; single pellet border; outside border at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees crescent with tamgha. Inscriptions: Obverse: PPCHMA (Corrpted pahlavi legend of Napki Malka) YBGW BHRKAN (Yaghbu [High administrator] of the Bactrians). Reverse: PNCDM (Corrupted Pahlavi legend of 'Fifteen') ZAWST (Zabulistan). Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.265A Var.3., pp.632. Notes: Silvered. |
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| The Bactrian Yabghu Bactrian | |
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