| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |
|
Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0077 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): 2.50 Weight (g): 3.60 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 4139, Spink, 20th September 1963. |
|
|
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, within altar column fravahar symbol; fire atop altar, with seven tongues of fire; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MAZDYSN BGI ŠHPUHRI MLKAN MLKA AYRAN I AN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAPURI MALKAN MALKA AYRAN I AN[AYRAN]/Mazda-worshipping divine Shapur, King of Kings of Iran and Aniran). Reverse: NURA ŠH (NURA SHAPURI/Fire of Shapur) Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ib1.Rev.1b.
|
|
2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Shapur II Sasanian 309 379 | |
| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |