155, Lot: 179. Estimate $200. Sold for $178. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Jugate busts right of Bahram, crowned, and his queen, wearing a bonnet with a griffin's head and cuirass, vis-à-vis, facing bust of his son (Prince 4) left, who wears a bonnet with an eagle’s head / Fire altar with attendants;
fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; crescent on altar shaft. Cf. Göbl VII/1. Near VF, lightly toned.