SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.55 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A (“Ctesiphon”).Triton XXIV Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.55 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A (“Ctesiphon”). mzdysn bgy ’hrmzdy MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n W ’n’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in blundered Pahlavi), bust right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos, trace of fravahr on shoulder / NWR’ zy in blundered Pahlavi to left, ’wḥrmzdy in blundered Pahlavi to right, fire altar flanked by two attendants facing inward, the left, wearing crown with korymbos, raises hand, the right, wearing radiate crown, holds up diadem. SNS type Ib(1)/2b(1) and pl. 1, A4 = Saeedi 115; Sunrise 749. Traces of deposits, crystallized surfaces, light graffiti on obverse. Good VF. |