A rare variety
Lot 989
SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram I, 273-276. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 7.16 g, 3 h), Style A/c, mint I (‘Ctesiphon’). Draped bust of Bahram I to right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with a great korymbos on top and long earflaps; two ribbons rising from behind head; two pellets above the ribbons; deteriorated legend along the dotted rim, running anticlockwise from 11 h to 1 h, ‘mzdysn bgy wrhrʾn MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn W ʾnyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn’ = ‘mazdēsn bay Wahrām šāhān šāh Ērān ud Anērān kē čihr az yaz(a)dān’ (‘The Mazda-worshipping Lord, Bahram, King of Kings of the Iranians and Non-Iranians, whose essence is from the gods’ in Pahlavi). Rev. Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by two attendants, wearing different types of crowns and holding scepters; to left and right, ‘NWRA ˗ wrhrʾn’ = ‘ādur [ī] Wahrām’ (‘Fire of Bahram’ in deteriorated Pahlavi). Göbl type I/1. Cf. SNS II, type I(1)/1bb(1a) (on the reverse: to right and left, ‘NWRA ˗ wrhrʾn’). A rare variety. Some doubling and nicks, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price:
1000 CHF
Hammer price:
5500 CHF
Bid increment:
Closed
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Closing time: 07-Dec-24, 20:14:00 CET
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee.

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