CNG 103, Lot: 516. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.33 g, 9h). Style C. ‘Fars’ mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with
korymbos, and his queen, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing
kolah with eagle’s head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, the one on left wearing winged crown with
korymbos, the other wearing mural crown with
korymbos; taurus symbol to left of flames. SNS type VIa(1)/3(1b), Style C; Sunrise 786. EF, find patina, hairline die break on reverse. Rare.