Details
LOT 3032
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE 14mm. Circa AD 270-300.
Uncertain mint in Bactria (probably Balkh). Draped bust of Hormizd I to right, wearing lion headdress with lotus blossom above, Pahlavi inscription around / Half-length bust of exalted god Ahuramazda, holding ribboned diadem and spear, emerging from fire altar with ribbons, Pahlavi inscription around. Cf. MK 1052; cf. ANS Kushan 2225-2236. Good Very Fine.(2.04gr, 14mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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