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Auction 18  16-18 January 2014
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Lot 29

Starting price: 3000 USD
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur II, 309-379, AV dinar (7.06g), Marw, G-1287/1289, crowned bust facing right / fire-altar, with adjacent ribbons, coarse calligraphy, as common at the eastern mints, EF, RRR. On the obverse, the crown ribbons face directly outwards, as on Göbl-1287, and the royal text also faces outward. On the reverse, the mint name MRW or MRWY appears to the right of the altar base as usual, somewhat carelessly engraved as on Göbl-1288. Marw was one of just two mints that occasionally are actually cited on the coins during this reign (the other one is Sakastan). It was an important city, now located in Turkmenistan, and served the ancient and medieval silk roads that linked China with Iran.

Estimate: 4,000- 5,000 USD
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