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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0065 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Narseh Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 293-302 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 3.49 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5715, 28th March 1968, ex. W. R. V. Baldwin. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Narseh, bearded, with hair in plaits; crowned, with three cinquefoil elements atop crown, with korymbos above; decoration at neckline; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, two at top, with altar slab above, three pellets in triangle formation on altar shaft; fire atop altar; to l. of fire, symbol of fravahar, to r. of fire, taurus symbol; attendants flanking the altar, crowned, holding barsom, facing altar; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI NRŠHI MLKAN MLKA (MAZDAYASNA BAGI NARSHI MALKAN MALKA/Mazda-worshipping divine Narseh, King of Kings). Reverse: NURA ZI NARŠHI (Fire of Narseh) Bibliography: SNS 2.Typ Ia/4a
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Narseh 302 | |
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