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Auction 42  9 Jan 2018
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Lot 398

Starting price: 8000 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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Sasanian Kingdom. Khusru II. Gold Light Dinar (4.54 g), AD 590-628. Uncertain mint, RY 21 (AD 610). Bust of Khusru II right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and two wings surmounted by star-in-crescent; fillet over each shoulder, crescent over right shoulder, crown flanked by star and star-in-crescent. rev. Facing bust of Anahit in flame nimbus. Malek 6-7; Göbl type III/4 (pl. 14, 217); Mochiri 916; Paruck -; Saeedi AV94-AV95; Sunrise 986. Nearly identical to New York Sale XXXVII, 638. A fantastic example and only a few known. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $10,000
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