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Dinar - Shapur II
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 309-379 |
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| Value | Dinar (1) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Shapur II in right-facing profile, depicted with a distinctive mural crown surmounted by the royal korymbos, a characteristic Sasanian hair ornament enclosed in a globe. The bust is rendered in high relief in the Sasanian artistic tradition, with fine detail in the headdress and facial features. A single Middle Persian letter or regnal symbol appears in the right field, serving as a mint or workshop control mark. |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
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| Reverse description | A Zoroastrian fire altar depicted in frontal view, its stepped base and fluted shaft supporting a flat altar table from which stylized flames rise prominently. Two ornamental ribbons or fillets hang symmetrically from the sides of the altar, a standard Sasanian iconographic convention signifying sacred fire. Flanking the altar on both sides are attendant figures rendered in profile, likely royal guards or priests, while a beaded border encircles the entire design. The composition closely follows the canonical Sasanian reverse type found throughout the dynasty. |
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