Triton XVIII, Lot: 861. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $600. 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, 4.43 g, 3h). Blundered
mzdysn bgy ’rtḥštr MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust of Bahram right vis-à-vis bust of prince 3 left; Bahram wearing winged crown with
korymbos, prince wearing
kolah with boar’s head / Blundered
wrḥr’n in Pahlavi on left, blundered
NWR’ ZY in Pahlavi on right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing crown, left with
korymbos;
fravahr to left of flames, triple pellets to right of flames. SNS type III(1)/3(1b); Göbl type IV/2a; Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, hairline die break on reverse.
