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ID number: BIRBI-S0097 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Shapur II Denomination: Obol Culture: Sasanian Date made: 309-379 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.30 Weight (g): 0.60 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7982, A. H. Baldwin, 30th May 1973. |
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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 bust within the flames; to l. and r. of altar attendants, crowned, holding swords/barsom; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Legend illegible. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: SNS 3.1.Obv.Ib1.Rev.3a.
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