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ID number: BIRBI-S0002 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.86 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5775, A. H. Baldwin, 14th May 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, facing r., bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, single pellet in crown, single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, with round column, altar slab with pellet band; two lower censors l. and r. of altar; fire atop altar; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSN BGI ARTHŠTR MLKA AYRAN (MAZDAYASNA BAGI ARTHSHTIR MALKA AYRAN/Mazda-worshipping Divine Artashir, King of Iran) Reverse: NURA ZI ARTHŠTR (Fire of Artashir)
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIa/3a
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