Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 611. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Hormizd II. 303-309 AD. AR Drachm (3.87 gm). Degraded Pahlavi legend, crowned and cuirassed bust right; three pellets before / Degraded Pahlavi legend, fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bare-headed facing bust in flames. Göbl I/1 var. (bust in flames left or right); Paruck 175 var. (no pellets); Alram 761 var. (bust in flames left); MACW 864 var. (bust in flames left); cf. De Morgan pg. 679, 69. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. ($200)