My First Fire Alter

Similar to Doug's



but these are my faves!

Shahi Tigin Turko Hephthalites

Kidara - Kidarite Huns

The Great Shapur

and... The Hudat!

 

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I was wondering when you were going to show up! Great collection Dude!

 

Great coins all. All I can share is my fake haha

 

I wonder when the fire altars went into disuse as an object of adoration in temples.
That altar of the Bukhar Hudat doesn't look if real fire altars was still in use. Was Islam the state religion by that time already?

 

Wonderful thread, great OP and fantastic posts everyone!!!

I have a 'budget' version that I purchased at FAC; Drachm of Shapur III, 383-388 AD:

 

i was kind of curious about that also. but didn't they go even further than the fire altar and but the head of a god in the "flamses"? i don't remember who it is, @Ancientnoob told me once....or probably you know actually.

would you remind me?

maybe islam was official but fairly tolerant of the large population of another religion?

 

Noob showed a drachm of Shapur II for which he described as "Zoroastrian Fire Altar with the flaming head of Ahura Mazda in flames"

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/weird-little-flaming-mazda-shapur-ii-ad-309-379.260881/

 

that's the guy!