Lot 991
SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram II, 276-293. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 7.00 g, 3 h), style I, Herat mint (?). Diademed and draped bust of Bahram II to right, wearing winged crown with a great korymbos on top; long beard tied in the middle and thick tufts of curly hair at the back; two ribbons rising from behind head; 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 crowns; to right and left, ‘NWRA ZY – wrhrʾn’ = ‘ādur ī Wahrām’ (‘Fire of Bahram’ in Pahlavi). Göbl type I/1. SNS II, type I(1)/1(1a). Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price:
1000 CHF
Hammer price:
3200 CHF
Bid increment:
Closed
Minimum bid:
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Closing time: 07-Dec-24, 20:15:00 CET
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee.

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