CNG 100, Lot: 180. Estimate $750.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AV Dinar (17mm, 7.06 g, 3h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos set on crescent;
fravahr and [
śri symbol] to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescents flanking flames. SNS III pl. 145, C15 var. (form of
fravahr); Senior,
Some –; Sunrise 929 var. (same). Good VF, red toning. Choice for issue.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased September 1996. Ex Spink/Christie’s 1100 (12 October 1993), lot 463.
