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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0095 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Shapur II Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 309-379 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.16 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5748, A. H. Baldwin, 4th April 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Shapur II, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l. shoulder, earring; crown with single pellet band, mural elements, korymbos above crown; single pellet band at neckline; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at bottom, two steps at top, with altar slab; fire atop altar, with bust within the flames; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ŠHPHRI MLKAN MLKA AYRAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAHPURI MALKAN MALKA AYRAN/Mazda-worshipping divine Shapur, King of Kings of Iran). Reverse: RAST (Truth) Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ib1.Rev.3a. Notes: Mounting remains at 90 degrees on obverse. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Shapur II Sasanian 309 379 | |
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