Details
LOT 3398
Sasanian Kingdom. Kavad I AR Drachm. Date RY 1(?) (AD 488). BYS (Bishapur) mint.
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIa/1e. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 28mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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