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Shapur II Fire Altar Coin Type: Silver drachm of the Sasanid Shapur or Šāpūr II, 309-379 CE
Mint and Date: ?
Size and Weight: 23mm, 3.9g
Obverse: Bearded bust of Shapur II right, wearing merlon crown surmounted by globe decorated with three lines and pellets, diadem ties behind globe, diadem ties behind crown.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants dressed in kingly garb, facing inward, short staff in both hands, bust of Ahuramazda right in flames above altar, Pahlavi script on altar.
Ref: Göbl SN, crown Ia, reverse 6a.
Provenance: John Jencek (Vcoins), March 2006
BW Ref: 001 024 074
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