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GB 891 JH-JH/4-JH/4/4
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A Sasanian Repository at Shahr-i Qumis
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- 1970 (Creation)
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26 pieces typed with handwritten annotations
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(1926-2015)
Biographical history
Adrian David Hugh Bivar, FRAS (1926 - 2015) was a British numismatist and archaeologist, who was Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He specialized in Sasanian seals and rock reliefs, Kushano-Sasanian coins and chronology, Mithraic iconography, Arsacid history and pre-Islamic folklore.
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"A Sasanian Repository at Shahr-i Qumis" by John Hansman and David Stronach. Draft of the article that was published in the Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, 1970. Also with this article is a draft of the Appendix "The Sasanian Coin from Qumis" written by A.D.H. Bivar.
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- English
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- Hansman John (Subject)
- Stronach David 1931- (Subject)
- Bivar, A. D. H., 1926-2015 * (Subject)