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Drachm - Shapur I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 240-272 |
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| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
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| Reverse description | A stepped fire altar depicted in the centre of the field, with flames rising from the altar top, flanked on each side by a standing royal attendant wearing a mural crown and facing the altar. Pellets are visible flanking the flames atop the altar. A Middle Persian (Pahlavi) legend surrounds the design within a beaded border. The reverse composition follows the canonical Sasanian religious iconography emphasising the Zoroastrian sacred fire. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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