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A bronze drachm of Peroz II Kushanshah with a fire altar reverse Coin Type: Bronze drachm of Peroz II Kushanshah, c. 300-325 CE
Mint and Date: Bactria, c. 300-325 CE
Size and Weight: 14mm, 2.04g
Obverse: Pahlavi legend.
Bearded bust right wearing horned headdress; '8' behind crown. Long ribbons flow upward from ball of hair, behind.
Reverse: Pahlavi legend.
Fire altar with god Mithra (?) arising from it, holding filleted diadem and sceptre.
Provenance: Tom Cederlind, Vcoins, July 2006
Ref: Cribb SI 19, #26 (Bactrian issues); Göbl Kushan 1083v.; Mitchiner ACW 1288v; Carter 15; Alram 1084
BW Ref: 001 024 082
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