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Triton XIV, Lot: 539. Estimate $500.
Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) III or V. AD 629-631 or AD 631-637. AR Drachm (36mm, 4.13 g, 3h). WYHC (Weh-az-Amid-Kavad) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 630 or 632). Beardless bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent; ribbons and crescents on shoulders; monogram behind head, stars flanking crown; double border, star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “tlyn” on left, “wyhc” on right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type I/1 (Khosrau V); Mochiri 437, 482, 487, and 501 (Khosrau III); Paruck 481 (Khosrau V); Saeedi 310. EF, areas of toning.


From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.