452, Lot: 596. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (26.5mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A (“Ctesiphon”). Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with
korymbos, and his queen, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, right, vis-à-vis bust of Prince 4, presenting wreath and wearing
kolah with eagle’s head, left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram and his queen, holding ring;
fravahr to left of flames. SNS type VIIc(1)/5a(1a), Style A; Sunrise 789. Double strike on reverse, minor porosity, edge marks. Good VF.