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NYINC Signature Sale 3072 15-16 Jan 2019
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SASANIAN KINGDOM. Khusrau IV (AD 631-637?). AR drachm (33mm, 4.10 gm, 9h). Choice XF. Mint WYHC (Veh-az-Antioch-Khusrau, part of the capital Ctesiphon), Regnal Year 5. Bust of king in style of later coins of Khusrau II / Fire altar between attendants; star to left and crescent to right of flames. The reverse is the early Khusrau II design and style. Rare.
See H.M. Malek, 'Late Sasanian coinage in the collection of the Muzeh Melli Iran', Numismatic Chronicle 2013, pp. 291-293 for an up-to-date commentary on his coinage.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 700-1000 USD
SASANIAN KINGDOM. Khusrau IV (AD 631-637?). AR drachm (33mm, 4.10 gm, 9h). Choice XF. Mint WYHC (Veh-az-Antioch-Khusrau, part of the capital Ctesiphon), Regnal Year 5. Bust of king in style of later coins of Khusrau II / Fire altar between attendants; star to left and crescent to right of flames. The reverse is the early Khusrau II design and style. Rare.
See H.M. Malek, 'Late Sasanian coinage in the collection of the Muzeh Melli Iran', Numismatic Chronicle 2013, pp. 291-293 for an up-to-date commentary on his coinage.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 700-1000 USD