Details
LOT 2901
World Coins - Sassanian - Khusro II - AR Drachm 590-627 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with inscriptions. Rev: fire altar with attendants and inscriptions. Good very fine.(2.92 grams, 29 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Literature
OCTV 2, 1109-1213.
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