Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 15 27-28 Feb 2021
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SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram V, 420-438. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.17 g, 3 h), GW (Gurgan). WLHL'N MLKAn MLKA ('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. WLHL'N ('Wahram' in Pahlawi) Fire altar with head of Bahram V on shaft flanked by two attendants; in field to right, GW (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SNS III, pl. 62, A16. A sharply struck example. Extremely fine.