CNG 102, Lot: 710. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KHWAREZMIA. Wazamar. Late 3rd-first quarter of 4th centuries AD. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 9.83 g, 11h). Diademed bust right, wearing cap-like headdress surmounted by a seated falcon; all within bead-and-reel border / VƎVΩ :VΛV above,
wzm’r mlk’ (in Khwarezmian) below, king on horseback right; tamgha to left. Vainberg Б2 V; Tolstov pl. I, 1; Whitehead –; Göbl,
Dokumente –; cf. MIG Type 499; Sunrise –; Zeno 161268 = Triton XIX, lot 347. Good VF, light porosity, deposits. Extremely rare.