coin
- Museum number
- 1848,0803.240
- Description
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Silver coin (with hole). (whole)
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Fire altar and two armed attendants leaning on long staff, looking away from altar, crenellated crowns. (reverse)
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Bust of Shapur I right, wearing tiara with earflap and diadem, terminating in eagle's head holding pearl in beak. (obverse)
- Production date
- 240s(early) (Issued early in reign.)
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 8 o'clock
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Diameter: 25 millimetres
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Weight: 3.60 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This ticket was previously misread as 246.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013-14, 24th Oct - 27th Apr, British Museum, Gallery 69a, Wise Men from the East: Zoroastrian traditions in Persia and beyond
- Condition
- Holed near margin at 7-8h (obverse); edge of flan chipped at 12h (obverse).
- Acquisition date
- 1848
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1848,0803.240