Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte · Volume 25 (1975)
Triumph über Julian Apostata
- pp. 107–111, Tf.16-19
- Article
- German
Abstract
Since Ernst Herzfeld the ruler on the Sasanian rock relief at Taq-i Bustan near Kermanshah has been identified as Ardashir II, on the strength of its stylistic closeness to the neighbouring grotto of Shapur II and Shapur III and of a general resemblance of the crown on coins. The author holds this attribution to be wrong: the coin crown of Ardashir II shows a band of pearls, not rolled curls, so that the usual reading cannot in fact appeal to the coins. From the relation between the crowns of god and ruler at the investiture, compared with the relief of Narseh at Naqsh-i Rustam, Shapur II follows, which allows the prostrate figure to be read as the fallen emperor Julian.
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Trümpelmann, Leo: Triumph über Julian Apostata. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 25 (1975), pp. 107–111, Tf.16-19.