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    "label": "Drachm: Fire Altar with Bust, Zoroastrian Priest and King as Priest (reverse)",
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    "title": "Drachm: Fire Altar with Bust, Zoroastrian Priest and King as Priest (reverse)",
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            "inscription": "𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭫𐭦𐭩𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭬𐭦𐭣",
            "inscription_translation": "Fire of  Hormizd",
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