Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, 579-590. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.94 g, 4 h), GD (Gay), RY 12 = AD 590. Draped bust of Hormizd IV to right, wearing elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; before head, WHLMZD ('Hormizd' in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, GD (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Göbl, pl 12,194 ff. A very attractive example. Light deposits along the edges, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Jean-Pierre Righetti, inv. no. 10100 (with collector's ticket), privately purchased on 1 August 2002.