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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S0032 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Shapur I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 240-270 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.96 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5617, A. H. Baldwin, 30th January 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Shapur I, bearded, with hair over l. shoulder; mural crown, parthian flaps, with korymbos above; single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two steps at base, two steps above, with altar slab above; fire atop altar, taurus symbol on altar shaft; altar flanked by attendants, holding spears, crowned, facing away from altar; single pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ŠHPRY MLKAN MLKA AYRAN MN ČTRY MN YZDN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI SHAPUHRI MALKAN MALKA AYRAN MIN CHITRY MIN YAZDAN/Mazda-worshipping Divine Shapur, King of Kings of Iran, whose seed is from the gods). Reverse: NURA ZI ŠHPUHRY (Fire of Shapur) Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIc/1d
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2 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Shapur I Sasanian 270 | |
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