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 MN ČTRY MN YZDN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI NARSHI MALKAN MALKA MIN CHITRY MIN YAZDAN/Mazda-worshipping divine Narseh, King of Kings, whose seed is from the gods). Reverse: NURA ZI NARŠHI (Fire of Narseh) S (?)
Bibliography: SNS 2.Typ Ia/1d.
Notes: Five lines deliberately scratched into fire altar shaft, hashed.
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