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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0102 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir II Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 379-383 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 6036, A. H. Baldwin, 16th July 1968, found at Tepe Maranjan. |
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Description: Obverse: Artashir II, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l. shoulder, earring; crown with single pellet band, 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 five tongues of flame; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: M A MZDYSN BGI ARTASHIR (? ? MAZDAYASNA BAGI ARTASHIR/Mazda-worshipping divine Artashir). Reverse: None. Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ic.Rev.1a. Notes: Eastern type? |
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| Artashir II Sasanian 383 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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