413, Lot: 213. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.78 g, 3h). Style D. Uncertain 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 3, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, left, holding diadem; three pellets below head of queen’s
kolah / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram and his queen, holding ring; fravahr to left of flames
fravahr to left of flames. SNS type VIIc(1)/5b(1a), style D/c and pl. 21, A53 (same obv. die); Sunrise 789 var. (no pellets). Near EF, find patina.