Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Khosrau II, 591-628. Pashiz (Bronze, 15 mm, 0.50 g, 7 h), ST (Stakhr), date illegible. Draped bust of Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, HWSRWD ('Khosrau' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, APD ('excellent' in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, ST (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Göbl -. Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 (2020), 736. SSCT -. Sunrise -. Very rare. Struck on an irregular flan, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.