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ID number: BIRBI-S0020 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir I Denomination: Tetradrachm Culture: Sasanian Date made: 224-242 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 11.68 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 3475. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, facing r., bearded, with Parthian crown and flaps, with korymbos, 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 ARTHŠTR MLKA (MAZDAYASNA ARTHSHTIR MALKA/Mazda-worshipping Artashir, King) Reverse: NURA ZI ARTHŠTR (Fire of Artashir)
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ IIh/3a
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