SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AR Obol (13mm, 0.62 g, 3h). Style A/b. 'Ctesiphon' mint. VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 414.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

Central Asian, Silver

Estimate: $ 100

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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AR Obol (13mm, 0.62 g, 3h). Style A/b. 'Ctesiphon' mint. Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the right with mural crown; pellets on upper three tiers of altar. SNS type I(1)/1ab(1a), Style A/b; Sunrise –. Toned, porous, ragged edge. VF. Rare.

From the Saeed S Ghobash Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 102 (24 November 2004), lot 83; Peus 334 (4 November 1992), lot 624.


Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 12:17:40 ET.

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