374, Lot: 341. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 591-628. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.03 g, 9h). ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 616). Crowned bust right;
’pd in Pahlavi in margin / Fire altar with attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right. SC Tehran 1701–4 var. (date); Sunrise –. EF, hint of encrustation and die rust.