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ID number: BIRBI-WH0062 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Peroz I Denomination: Drachm Culture: Hephthalite Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3 Weight (g): 3.39 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 3943, A. H. Baldwin, September 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Peroz I facing r., crown with wings; two ribbons extending from shoulders; single pellet border; outside border l. tamgha (S 60); on r. tamgha (S 59); four pellets at 45, 135, 225, 315 degrees outside border. Reverse: Fire altar, with two attendants, crowned, arms raised above head; palm frond to r. of scene; star to l. of fire, crescent to r.; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ιοομο Reverse: No legend.
Bibliography: Vondrovec (2014) Typ.289. Var.2, pp.418.
Notes: Chipped at 225 degrees on obverse.
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