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Triton XIV, Lot: 524. Estimate $200.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. Third reign, AD 499-531. Lot of Three (3) AR Drachms. All coins: Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two ribbons, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; stars flanking head, star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Lot includes the following mints: a) (27mm, 4.10 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bišabuhr) mint. Dated RY 35 (AD 522). “pnčsyh” to left, “byš” to right. SNS type Ic/1b; Göbl type III/2; Mochiri -; cf. Paruck 395; Saeedi - // b) (27mm, 4.13 g, 3h). MY (Mešan) mint. Dated RY 33 (AD 520). “syčsyh” to left, “my” to right. SNS type Ic/1b; Göbl type III/2; cf. Mochiri 973; Paruck -; Saeedi - // c) (27mm, 4.145 g, 3h). WYH (Weh-Ardaxšir) mint. Dated RY 41 (AD 528). “y’čhl” to left, “wyh” to right. SNS type Ic/1b; Göbl type III/2; Mochiri -; Paruck -; Saeedi - . All coins EF, toned. Three (3) coins in lot.


From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.