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ID number: BIRBI-S0001 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 224-242 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.11 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 7999, A. H. Baldwin, June 1974. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, frontal, bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, upturned crescent with single pellet in crown, single pellet border. Reverse: Bust of Papak, facing l., bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: BGI ARTHŠTR MLKA (Divine Artashir, King) Reverse: PUS BGI PPAKY MLKA (PUS BAGI PAPAKY MALKA/Son of Divine Papak, King)
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ I(1)/I(1)
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