413, Lot: 229. Estimate $75. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (27.5mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Local issue. Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and
korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
m in Pahlavi to left,
h[...]in Pahlavi to right. SNS type III/1e; Sunrise –; Vondrovec –. VF, toned, traces of earthen deposits.