CNG 105, Lot: 557. Estimate $5000.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.37 g, 3h).
mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’ ’yr’n MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing winged crown with
korymbos / Blundered
nwr ’zy (in Pahlavi) on left, blundered
wrhr ’n (in Pahlavi) on right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with
korymbos, the right wearing mural crown;
fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; triple pellets on altar shaft. SNS type I1/1(1a), style I; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise 765; Künker 133, lot 8256 (same dies). Near EF.
