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ID number: BIRBI-WH0044 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Sri Sahi Denomination: Drachm Culture: Western Turkic Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 3.25 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3985, A. H. Baldwin, December 1961, from Turkey c.1900? |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of ruler in profile view right, moustache, wearing a crown with blossoms/tridents; two ribbons attached to the neckline. Reverse: Fire altar, two attendants, holding spears, wheels/Dharmachakra above heads.
Inscriptions: Obverse: σριο þαυιο (His perfection, King) Reverse: No legend.
Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.236., pp.572.
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