Aquila Numismatics
Auction 2 7 May 2022
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SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, (579-590 AD)
AR Drachm (30.7 mm, 4.1g)
Obv: 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, WYHC (name of the mint in Pahlawi).
SSCT 1361.
SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, (579-590 AD)
AR Drachm (30.7 mm, 4.1g)
Obv: 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, WYHC (name of the mint in Pahlawi).
SSCT 1361.