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Numismatics
Photo credit: Christopher Gardner
Explore image in Ruler: Shapur II, Sassanian King A.D. 309-379
Artist: Unknown
Drachm of Shapur II, Sassanian King
309–79
Silver
3.735 g, 3:00, 26 mm
The Ernest Collection in memory of Israel Myers
2007.182.472
Geography:
Made in Sassanian Empire
Status:
Culture:
Sassanian
Period:
4th century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Pearlman, El Cerrito, Calif., to about 2005; Anonymous, San Francisco, from about 2005 to 2007; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 192.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
