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ID number: BIRBI-S0023 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Artashir I Denomination: Chalkous Culture: Sasanian Date made: 224-242 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 11.39 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 3976, A. H. Baldwin, October 1961, ex. R. G. B. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Artashir, facing r., bearded, Parthian crown with flaps and korymbos, with bust of Shapur I, facing l., crowned with Parthian crown, single pellet border. Reverse: Fire altar, round column, with fire atop altar, single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Legend illegible. Reverse: Legend illegible.
Bibliography: SNS 1.Typ VIII/3a
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