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256, Lot: 192. Estimate $75.
Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) IV. AD 631-637(?). AR Drachm (32mm, 4.03 g, 4h). WYHC mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 592). 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; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. M.I. Mochiri, "Monnaies dites de Khusraw IV," Res Orientales XIX (2010), 27; Göbl type II/3 (Khosrau II); Saeedi -. VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare.