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Reference code

GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/3-RAS SESQ/3/6

Publication status

Published

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Extent and medium

5 items newsprint

Date(s)

  • 1973 (Creation)

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Name of creator

_Buckingham Palace_
Adrian David Hugh Bivar
(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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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Scope and content

Newspaper cuttings from The Times, 19 February 1973, The Times, 20 February 1973, The Daily Telegraph 20 February 1973, and Mayfair News, 2 March 1973, and unknown paper, all reporting on the Queen's visit to the Royal Asiatic Society's Sesquicentenary Reception.

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Language of material

  • English
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