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Dinar - Shapur I type II
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 240-272 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Reverse description | A fire altar (atasdan) occupies the center of the field, depicted as a tall column with an elaborately decorated capital and base, upon which the sacred flame burns. A pellet-in-crescent motif adorns the altar shaft. Flanking the altar on either side stand two royal attendants, each wearing a globe-surmounted crown and armed with a sword at the waist and a spear held upright; the figures are positioned with their backs to the altar in the conventional Sasanian attendant pose. A Pahlavi legend surrounding the design identifies the fire-temple as that of Shapur. |
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| Reverse lettering | NWR ` ZY shpwhr (Translation: Fire (fire-temple) of Shapur) |
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| Mintage | ND (240-272) - - ND (240-272) - Göbl# II - |
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