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ID number: BIRBI-WH0087 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Shapur II Denomination: Chalkous Culture: Sasanian Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.42 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Shapur II profile view facing r., crowned . Reverse: Seated figure?, within arch, with two attendants.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MZDYSNA ŠPHRY MRKAN (MAZDAYASNA ŠAPUHRI MALKAN/Mazda-worshipping Shapur King). Reverse: posssble blundered legend.
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