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CNG 105, Lot: 558. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.47 g, 2h). Style G. Marw mint. Blundered mzdysn bagy wrḥr’n MRK’n MRK’ ’yran in Pahlavi, confronted busts of Vahrām (Bahram) right, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and Prince 3 left, wearing kolah with boar’s head / Blundered nwra zy wrhr’n in Pahlavi), fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; rosette and crescent flanking flames. SNS type III/1(1a), Style G; Loginov & Nikitin 1 –; SNS Schaaf –; SC Tehran –; Sunrise –; Zeno –. EF. Apparently unique issue for Bahram II from this mint.