379, Lot: 212. Estimate $100. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.32 g, 3h). Uncertain ‘central’ mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with
korymbos, and his queen, wearing
kolah with boar’s head, right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing
kolah with eagle’s head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing winged crown with
korymbos;
fravahr to left of flames. SNS type VIa(1)/2(1a), style A; Sunrise –. VF, toned, light porosity.
From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 834 (part of).