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Auction 42  9 Jan 2018
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Lot 376

Starting price: 4000 USD
Price realized: 8500 USD
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Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Gold 1/6 Dinar (1.44 g), AD 276-293. Jugate busts Varhran I, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head, left; trefoil of pellets behind shoulder of king. rev. Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown with korymbos; symbol to left of flames. Cf. SNS type VI/1 (right attendant lacks korymbos); Göbl type VII/2a; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 785 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. Possibly unique. Well struck with excellent detail, a few scattered marks. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000
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