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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 877

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 2500 USD
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) IV or V. AD 631-637(?). AR Drachm (33mm, 4.09 g, 9h). WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 636/7). GDH and 'pzwt' in Pahlavi to left, hwslwy in Pahlavi to right, bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and two wings surmounted by star-in-crescent; fillet over each shoulder, crescent over right shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; hwms' in Pahlavi (date) to left, wyhc in Pahlavi (mint) to right. Mochiri, Monnaies 33 var. (date); Mochiri 495; Malek, Late, p. 492 (date for this mint unlisted) SC Tehran –; SNS Schaaf 655 var. and corr. (RY date; attributed to Husrav [Khosrau II]); Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Deposits, die break and die rust on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare.
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