CNG 108, Lot: 431. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.37 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A (Uncertain [Ctesiphon?]). Phase 1, AD 276 or slightly later.
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 I(1)/1(1a), style A and pl. 14, AV A4 (same dies); Göbl type I/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise 765; Künker 133, lot 8256 (same dies). Near EF.
From the Nisa Collection.
