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Web Auction 12  30-31 May 2020
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Lot 768

Starting price: 50 CHF
Price realized: 150 CHF
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SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram IV, 388-399. Drachm (Silver, 26 mm, 3.70 g, 3 h), a contemporary imitation struck by the Kidarites in Taxila, circa 390. Draped bust of Bahram IV, to right, wearing elaborate crown with korymbos; around, illegible legend. Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants, resembling two fire altars themselves; around illegible legend. SNS III, pl. 33, A1. Rare. Very fine.


This rare and interesting issue was probably struck in Taxila during the Kidarite occupation of the city in circa 390. The Kidarites were a belligerent Hunnic tribe that dreaded both by the Sasanians in the west and the Gupta Empire in the East.
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