CNG 103, Lot: 517. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.25 g, 3h). Style F. ‘Ray’ mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with
korymbos, and his queen, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, right, vis-à-vis bust of Prince 3, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, each wearing winged crown with korymbos;
fravahr to left of flames. SNS type VIa(4)/2(1a), Style F; Sunrise –. VF, areas of toning in devices, traces of deposits, small marks and scrapes.
From the K. Grzesiak Collection.