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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0108 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Shapur III Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 383-388 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.13 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3490, A. H. Baldwin, June 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Shapur III, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l. shoulder, earring; crown, with floral decorative elements within, korymbos above, two ribbons extending to l.; single pellet band at neckline, double pellet band extending from shoulders to sternum; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, two steps at top, with altar slab above; fire atop altar, with bust within flames; attendants to l. and r. of altar, crowned, holding sword/barsom, facing towards altar; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSNA BGI ŠHPHRI MLKAN MLKA (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAHPURI MALKAN MALKA/Mazda-Worshipping, divine Shapur, King of Kings) Rev: ATŠ ŠH (ATASH SHAPUHR/Fire of Shapur) RAST (Truth) Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ia1.Rev.1b.
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Shapur III Sasanian | |
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