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Numismatics
Ruler: Ardashir I, King of Iran, 180–242
Mint: Persia
Artist: Unknown
Tetradrachm of Ardashir I from Persia
226–41
Billon
13.88 g, 9:00, 26.6 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
2001.87.14361
Geography:
Made in Uncertain, Persia
Status:
Culture:
Persian
Period:
3rd century A.D.
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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