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LOT 3043
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
GD (Gay) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders, crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Cf. SC Tehran 2613-6. Near Very Fine.(4.00gr, 30mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
EAST INDIA COMPANY, arms of the East India Company, date below / Persian legend, X.CASH. in exergue. KM 319. 4.39gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020); collector's ticket included. From wreck of the Admiral Gardner.
