Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 11 22-23 Feb 2020
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SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram V, 420-438. Drachm (Silver, 29 mm, 4.22 g, 3 h), GWL (Gurgan). MZDYSN BGY WLHL'N MLKAn MLKA ('Worshipper of Lord Mazda, 'God' Wahram, King of Kings' in Pahlawi) Draped bust of Bahram V to right, wearing elaborate crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent. Rev. TWLY WLHL'N ('Fire of Wahram' in Pahlawi) Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, GWL (name of the mint in Pahlawi); in upper right field, crescent. SNS III, pl. 63, A19. Fresh and lustrous. Virtually as struck.