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399, Lot: 377. Estimate $100.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Jāmāsp. AD 497-499. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.63 g, 3h). ŠY (Shirajan or Shiraz) mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 496/7). Bust right, wearing mural crown with inner crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder; to right, small bust of Ahura Mazda left, holding wreath / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type Ia/1a; Sunrise –. Near VF, some find patina, light scratches.


From the William F. Spengler Collection.