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ID number: BIRBI-S0007 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 224-242 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 4.04 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7669, A. H. Baldwin, 2nd January 1971, per Bank Leu. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, facing r., bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, with korymbos, single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with round column, altar slab with pellet band; two lower censors l. and r. of altar; fire atop altar; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ARTHŠTR MLKAN MLKA AYRAN MNY ČTRY MN YZDAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI ARTHSHTIR MALKAN MALKA AYRAN MINU CHITRY MIN YAZDAN/Mazda-worshipping Divine Artashir, King of Kings of Iran and Aniran, whose seed is from the gods) Reverse: NURA ZI ARTHŠTR (Fire of Artashir)
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIIa/3e
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