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ID number: BIRBI-WH0045 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): 2.8 Weight (g): 3.00 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3970, A. H. Baldwin, October 1961, ex. R. G. B. |
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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: Legend unclear. Reverse: No legend.
Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.236., pp.572.
Notes: Unsure if 'barbed line' is spear or text.
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