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Bahram II Gold Dinar: Typology, Iconography, and Epigraphy, obverseOBV
Bahram II Gold Dinar: Typology, Iconography, and Epigraphy, reverseREV
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Bahram II Gold Dinar: Typology, Iconography, and Epigraphy

A numismatic examination of the gold dinar coinage of Sasanian King of Kings Bahram II (ca. 274–293 CE), analyzing solitary and dynastic portrait types, Zoroastrian fire altar iconography, epigraphic variations, and mint attribution debates.