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Dinar - Shapur III Sindh, crown with korymbos
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 383-389 |
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| Value | Dinar (1) |
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| Reverse description | A stepped fire altar occupies the center of the reverse, depicted in a schematic, rectilinear style characteristic of Sasanian coinage. Two attendants or pillar-like forms flank the altar on either side, rendered in low relief. The design follows the established Sasanian religious iconographic tradition associating the Zoroastrian sacred flame with royal legitimacy. The field shows minimal additional detail, consistent with the crude style of this provincial Sindh issue. The overall composition is bold but simply executed, reflecting local workshop conventions. |
| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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Shapur III had one of the shorter Sasanian reigns, roughly six years, and left almost no documentary trace beyond his coins and a rock relief at Taq-e Bostan where he appears alongside his father Shapur II. The Sindh mint attribution places this issue in the easternmost reaches of Sasanian administrative reach, a region where gold coinage served imperial prestige functions rather than everyday commerce.
The korymbos — the distinctive bound hair mass enclosed in a cloth globe above the crown — varies in rendering across mints, and Sindh examples sometimes show cruder execution than western issues, reflecting the relative autonomy of peripheral minting operations.