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CNG 100, Lot: 190. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) VI. AD 590-591. AV Dinar (21mm, 4.37 g, 9h). AYLAN (Susa?) mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 590). ’pzwn in Pahlavi to left, whl’n in Pahlavi to right, bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star above shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; stars flanking flames, crescents flanking altar shaft; ’ywky (date) in Pahlavi to left, ’yl’n (mint signature) in Pahlavi to right. Göbl type II/2; Paruck 441; Saeedi AV90; Sunrise –. Near EF, toned, traces of luster.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Pars Coins, June 2000.