Details
LOT 3041
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). Cuirassed bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings; stars flanking, ribbons on shoulders; 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. Göbl type II/3. Good Very Fine.(4.11gr, 32mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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