378, Lot: 282. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. Second reign, AD 499-531. Æ Pashiz (11mm, 0.57 g, 10h). AY(?) mint. Uncertain RY. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two ribbons, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; stars flanking head; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, [star and crescent flanking flames], RY date to left, mint signature to right. SNS type Ib/1a; Sunrise –. VF, earthen dark green patina, cleaning marks.