Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction 5-6 Aug 2020
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SASSANIAN EMPIRE. Bahram II, A.D. 276-293. AR Drachm (4.31 gms). CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Gobl Type-VII/2. Obverse: Jugate busts of Bahram, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, and bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with boar's head, facing one another; Reverse: Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing winged crown with korymbos. Ideally centered with a bold strike and pleasing orange and mauve toning accents. Exceptional for the type and assuredly among the finest seen.
Estimate: $1000.00- $2000.00
Gobl Type-VII/2. Obverse: Jugate busts of Bahram, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, and bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with boar's head, facing one another; Reverse: Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing winged crown with korymbos. Ideally centered with a bold strike and pleasing orange and mauve toning accents. Exceptional for the type and assuredly among the finest seen.
Estimate: $1000.00- $2000.00