Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 664. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Khosrau II. 591-628 AD. AR Drachm (4.15 gm). WYH (Veh-Kavad) mint. Dated year 26 (616 AD). "Khosrau, may (he) strengthen (or prosper)" in Pahlavi, crowned and cuirassed bust right, ribbon over right shoulder; crescent and ribbon over left, stars flanking crown, monogram to left; Pahlavi "apd" (or "afid") on right edge / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, star and crescent flanking flames, regnal year to left, mint signature to right. Göbl II/3; cf. Paruck 451; Alram 917; MACW 1192 corr. var. (date); De Morgan pg. 725, 214. Toned EF. ($150)

Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 33 (20-22 September 1993), lot 435.