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Sesquicentenary Reception

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/3

Publication status

Published

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

6 archival folders

Date(s)

  • 1970 - 1973 (Creation)

Context area

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

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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.

Conditions of access and use area

Language of material

  • English
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