383, Lot: 312. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Style A/2. Mint A (“Ctesiphon”). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with
korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with
korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellets on altar shaft and both tiers of base. SNS type Ia (zu 1 od. 3?)/2a (zu 1 od. 2); Sunrise –. Good VF, spots of toning, small flan chips at 1 and 3 o’clock on obverse.
From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi V (4 June 2001), lot 218.