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ID number:  BIRBI-S0114
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Varhran IV
Denomination:  Drachm
Culture:  Sasanian
Date made:  388-399
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  3.75
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5752, A. H. Baldwin, 4th April 1968.
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Description:  Obverse: Varhran IV, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair tied in bunch over l, shoulder, earring; crown, with single pellet band, mural elements, wings extending from crown to l. field, korymbos above crown; pellet band at neckline; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, two steps at top, with altar slab above steps, two ribbons extending down from corners of altar slab; fire atop altar; aside the altar, two burners; single pellet border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MA (MAZDAYASN/Mazda-worshipping) Reverse: NURA (Fire)

Bibliography:  SNS 3.1.Obv.Ia5.Rev.1a.

2 Related People

Varhran IV
Sasanian

399
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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