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A work made of silver.

Coin Portraying King Sapor II

309-379

Sasanian; Persia (now Iran)

Khorasan

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the Sasanian king Sapor II, facing right.

On the back (reverse), a flaming pyre is shown between two standing figures.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium