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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0075 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): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.18 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5403, Sotheby, 5th December 1966. |
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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 seven tongues of flame; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; to l. of fire symbol of fravahar, to r. of fire Taurus symbol; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ŠHPUHRI MLKAN MLKA (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAPURI MALKAN MALKA/Mazda-worshipping divine Shapur, King of Kings). Reverse: NURA ŠHPURI (Fire of Shapur) Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ia.Rev.1a1.
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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