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ID number: BIRBI-S0044 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Shapur I Denomination: Chalkous Culture: Sasanian Date made: 240-270 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 10.76 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 5396, Sotheby, 5th December 1966. |
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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; altar flanked by attendants, holding spears, crowned, facing away from altar; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Legend illegible. Reverse: Legend illegible.
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIc/1d
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