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987102. Sold For $145

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 590-628. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.11 g, 3h). GW (Gurgān or Qum?) mint. Dated RY 33 (AD 623/4). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; monogram behind head, stars flanking crown; double border, star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin . Göbl type II/3; Mochiri –; Saeedi –. Good VF, iridescent tone, a hint of porosity.