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90, Lot: 132. Estimate $300.
Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4. 276-293 AD. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.88 gm). Jugate busts of Bahram, crowned and cuirassed, and his queen, wearing a bonnet with a boar's head and cuirass, right, facing the cuirassed bust of his son (Prince 4) left, who wears a bonnet with an eagle's head / Fire altar with attendants; Taurus symbol to left of flames. Göbl VII/2; Alram 736. VF, lightly toned, typical flat spots. Interesting (Eastern?) style.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 132 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.