Lot 1578
SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4, 276-293. Drachm (Silver, 26 mm, 4.38 g, 2 h), style A, ‘Ktesiphon’ mint. Jugate busts of Bahram II and his queen to right; Bahram II wearing a 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; the queen wearing a headdress with boar’s head; facing a small bust to left, wearing a headdress with eagle’s head; 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. Fire altar flanked by two regal attendants holding scepters; to right and left, deteriorated legend, ‘NWRA ZY – wrhrʾn’ = ‘ādur ī Wahrām’ (‘Fire of Bahram’ in Pahlavi); the symbol of ‘frawahr’, the guardian spirit of kingship and the emblem of the royal treasury, in the upper field to the left of the flames. Göbl type VII/1. SNS II, type VIa(1)/2(1a). Traces of cleaning and with some horn silver, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price:
50 CHF
Current bid:
65 CHF
Bid increment:
5 CHF
Minimum bid:
70 CHF
Number of bids:
Time left:
Closing time: 16-Mar-25, 12:32:30 CET
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee.

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