Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/3
Title
Sesquicentenary Reception
Date(s)
- 1970 - 1973 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
6 archival folders
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Name of creator
(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.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material concerned with the Sesquicentenary Reception held on 19 February 1972 with Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in attendance.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- Buckingham Palace (Subject)
- Bivar A. D. H. 1926-2015 (Subject)