Photo ID: GA0014
Site: Bishapur
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Description: Shapur’s gold coin. dinar, in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, portrays the profile head facing right, with his distinctive crenellated crown, surmounted by a ball of hair, the korymbos.. His shoulder-length hair and tied beard end in light curls. The reverse of the coin shows a fire altar flanked by two crowned figures holding staffs.
Photo Source: Berghe, Louis vanden, "Splendeur de Sassanides", Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, 1993.
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Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz