Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 13  –  15 - 16 August 2020

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 13

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins

Part 1: Sa, 15.08.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 16.08.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, 579-590. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.09 g, 3 h), WYHC, RY 10 = AD 588. Draped bust of Hormizd IV to right, wearing elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; behind head, AFZUT ('may increase' in Pahlawi); before head, WHLMZD ('Hormizd' in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, WYHC (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SSCT 1348. Good very fine.

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