CNG 90, Lot: 895. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Confronted busts of Vahrām (Bahram) right, wearing winged crown with
korymbos, and Prince left, wearing
kolah with boar’s head / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with
korymbos, the right with mural crown;
fravahr symbol and crescent flanking flames. SNS type III/1; Göbl type IV/1; Saeedi 152 var. (triple pellets to right of flames only); Sunrise 774 var. (same). Good VF, toned. Rare.