Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, 579-590. Drachm (Silver, 33 mm, 4.13 g, 10 h), WYHC (the Treasury mint), RY 5 = AD 583. 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 1324. Extremely fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 1724.