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Dinar - Shapur I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 260-272 |
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| Weight | 7.14 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Shapur I, wearing his distinctive korymbos-style crenellated crown with a large spherical hair bundle (korymbos) surmounting it, adorned with a diadem and elaborate pearl and bead jewelry at the neck. The king's beard is rendered in a stylized curled and beaded fashion characteristic of early Sasanian royal portraiture. A Pahlavi legend encircles the bust within a beaded border, reading the royal titulature of Shapur I. The portrait displays the refined, high-relief hammered technique typical of early Sasanian gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 𐭡𐭢𐭩 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭 𐭥 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭭 𐭰𐭲𐭫𐭩 𐭬𐭭 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭠𐭭 |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐭭𐭥𐭠𐭭 𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭫 |
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