CNG 90, Lot: 916. Estimate $6000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 590-628. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.21 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. Dated RY 23 (AD 613). Facing bust of Husrav (Khosrau), wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent, ribbons on shoulders; GDH monogram to upper left, star-in-crescents flanking crown; double border, star-in-crescents in margin / Facing bust of Anahit with flame nimbus; RY date to left; double inner border and single outer border, star-in-crescents in between. Malek,
Khusrau -; Göbl type IV/5; Mochiri 917; Saeedi 277; Sunrise 988. EF, lightly toned.