SASANIAN KINGS. Boran, 630-631. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 4.05 g, 3 h), SK (Sistan), RY 2 = 630/1. BWL'N AFZUT GDH ('Boran, may her kingship increase' in Pahlawi) Bust of Queen Boran to right, wearing elaborate crown with two wings and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on her left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on her right; in outer margin, three star-in-crescent symbols.
Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; to left, date; to right, name of the mint (both in Pahlawi); in outer margin, four star-in-crescent symbols. SSCT -. Rare and beautifully toned. Minor die breaks and with a light graffito of IV on the obverse
, otherwise, good very fine.
Ex Leu 11, 14 May 2022, 186, from the Graeculus Collection, Peus 428, 28 April 2021, 494 (but with an incomplete pedigree), from the collection of William B. Warden, Jr., Triton XIV, 4 January 2011, 540 and ex Hirsch 184, 23 November 1994, 434.
Queen Boran was a daughter of Khosrau II, who ruled Persia for a short time in circa 630-631 after her husband Kavadh died under mysterious circumstances. She was the first Sasanian Queen in history, but her short reign was troublesome, and she was apparently murdered after two years and replaced by her sister, Azarmidokht.
