SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.49 g, 3h). Style C. Uncertain mint.Triton XXIV Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 90 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.49 g, 3h). Style C. Uncertain mint. mzdysn bgy ’hrmzdy MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n W ’n’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos; x and triple pellets to left; crown and korymbos decorated with triple pellets / ’wḥrmzdy in blundered Pahlavi) to left, NWR’ zy in blundered Pahlavi to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, left wearing crown with korymbos, right wearing mural crown and holding diadem. SNS type Ia(1)/2a(1); Saeedi AV 10 = SNS type Ib(1)/2b(1) and pl. 2, A var. (Style Abis with two pellets only to left); Sunrise –; Zeno –. Trace of deposits, a few minor marks. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination for this ruler, and unpublished in the standard references with the symbols behind the head. Apparently only the third known dinar for Ohrmazd I (this coin; the Saaedi coin; and one in a private collection). |