SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 591-628. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.02 g, 9h). Uncertain mint. Dated RY 36 (AD 626).
G and
02∑§ (GDH monogram and
increase) in Pahlavi to left;
AÚM flÚM bÚV˙ (
Husrav, King of Kings) in Pahlavi to right, facing bust of Husrav, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent, ribbons on shoulders; monogram to upper left, star-in-crescents flanking crown; GDH monogram and
‘pzwt’ (
increase) in Pahlavi to left;
Husrav, King of Kings in Pahlavi to right; double border, star-in-crescents in margin /
jUV√√ (
thirty-six [RY date]) to left;
U2Lfl2Ú§ fl;LA (
[who] increased Iran ... work) in Pahlavi to right, facing bust of Anahit with flame nimbus. Malek,
Khusrau 51-8; SC Tehran –; Saeedi 281; Sunrise 988 var. (RY year); Triton XII, lot 454 (same dies). Near EF, toned, hint of deposits in margins. Great metal.
Ex Peus 378 (28 April 2004), lot 338 (expertly conserved since).