SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.47 g, 3h). ‘HWPY/HRPY’ (Herat?) mint. Phase I. Good VF.Triton XXVII Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 6 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.47 g, 3h). ‘HWPY/HRPY’ (Herat?) mint. Phase I. mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’ ’yr’n MN yzd’n in blundered 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. SNS type I(1)/1(1a), style I (unrecorded as a dinar); Göbl type I/1; Saaedi –; Sunrise –; Classical Numismatic Group 120, lot 604 (same rev. die); Zeno 163923 = New York Sale XXXVII, lot 422 (same dies); Triton XXIII, lot 569 (same dies); Zeno 229225 = Classical Numismatic Group 112, lot 414 (same dies); Zeno 172466 = Album 26, lot 59 (same dies). Lightly toned, traces of deposits, die brake on obverse, double strike on reverse. Good VF. |