Very Rare

356, Lot: 278. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 590-628. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.00 g, 4h). MY (Mešān) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 591). Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right; no stars in outer crescents. Göbl type I/1; Mochiri –; Paruck –; Saeedi –; Schaaf 616 var. (RY 1); Sunrise –; Tehran –. VF, a few scrapes on obverse. Very rare MY year 2 with 1st crown.