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ID number: BIRBI-S0089 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): 4.15 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3489. |
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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, symbol of fravahar within altar column; fire atop altar; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ŠHPHRI MLKAN MLKA AYRAN I ANAYRAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAPURI MALKAN MALKA AYRAN I ANAYRAN/Mazda-worshipping divine Shapur King of Kings of Iran and Aniran). Reverse: NURA SHAPURI (Fire of Shapur)
Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ib1.Rev.1b.
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