CNG 100, Lot: 162. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.38 g, 3h).
mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n W ’n’yr’n MNW c[t]ry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing winged crown with
korymbos /
NWR’ ZY wrh[r]’n in Pahlavi, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with
korymbos, the other wearing mural crown;
fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; triple pellets on altar shaft. SNS type I(1)/1(1a), A4 = Saeedi AV22 (same dies); Göbl type I/1; Paruck 115; Sunrise 766 (same dies). Good VF, small dings in obverse field and scrapes on portrait, a few edge bumps from possible mounting.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Winter MBS (18 December 1987), lot 493 (where it realized $1800).
