Countermarked by the Hephthalites

343, Lot: 313. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 590-628. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.69 g, 9h). GD (Gay) mint. Dated RY 33 (AD 623). Crowned bust right; c/m: head right within circular incuse / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left, mint to right. For coin: Göbl type II/3; for c/m: cf. Göbl, Dokumente KM 67. VF, light porosity, evidence of cleaning.