Lot 1003 – Sasanian Kingdom, Vahrām (Bahram) II, AD 276-293, AV dinar, 7.42 g.

Sasanian Kingdom, Vahrām (Bahram) II, AD 276-293, AV dinar, 7.42 g. (22 mm), Herat mint (?). Obverse: bust of King Vahrām right, wearing winged crown with korymbos and ribbons with two pellets above. Blundered legend in Pahlavi/Middle Persian around. Reverse: fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left carrying winged crown with korymbos and the right with mural crown, Pahlavi inscription left and right. A very rare type with the two pellets above ribbon.

EF-AU, sharp appearance, well-struck, lustrous surfaces, well-centered and fully legible. Slight traces of a small deposit on the obverse field right.

Ex Triton XXVI, 2022, lot 527 (hammer 7500 USD)

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CNG 120, 2022, lot 604 (hammer 9000 USD)

Gorny & Morsch 261, 2019, lot 431 (hammer 6000 EUR)

New York Sale XXVII, 2016, lot 422 (without pellets, same rev. die)

Triton XXIII, 2016, lot 569 (hammer 6000 USD)

Stephen Album 26, 2016, lot 59 (without pellets, same rev. die; hammer 6000 USD)

Pars Coins, 1, 2019, lot 209 (hammer 6100 USD)

Ex Chand Collection