411, Lot: 270. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.82 g, 3h). Style J, Phase 1. Sakastan mint. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and
korymbos; hair in single groups; triple pellets above diadem ties / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns;
fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; trace of
s in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ia (?)/2a (zu 4), Style J; Sunrise –. VF, minor porosity and deposits, trace of flan split, reverse slightly double struck, graffiti on reverse.