Details
LOT 2725
Sasanian Kingdom, Kavad I AR Drachm. AD 488-496 & 499-531.
AU [Auhrmazd Artashir (Ahwaz)] mint. Uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders; all within single 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 single border. Cf. Göbl 183. Near Very Fine.(3.94gr, 29mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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