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SASANIAN KINGS. Peroz I, 457/9-484. Drachm (Silver, 25 mm, 3.28 g, 3 h), NY (Nihawand). MZDYSN BGY KDY PYLWCY ('Worshipper of Lord Mazda, 'God' King Peroz' in Pahlawi) Draped bust of Peroz I to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent. Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, five-pointed star; in upper field to right, crescent; in field to right, NY (name of the mint in Pahlawi); in field to left, MP in monogram form and blundered PYLWCY ('Peroz' in Pahlawi). SNS III, type IIIb/1c. Thin flan crack, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.
From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.