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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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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Artashir II
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