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Details
LOT 2743
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. Good Fine.(2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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