342, Lot: 397. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) I. AD 531-579. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.14 g, 3h). KL (Kirmān) mint. Dated RY 24 (AD 555). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent,
korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
chlwyst in Pahlavi to left,
kl in Pahlavi to right. Göbl Type II/2. EF, iridescent toning.
From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Reportedly ex Newell Collection.