★ Virtually as struck ★

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, 579-590. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 4.26 g, 10 h), NAL (Narmashir in Kirman?), 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, NAL (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SSCT 1245. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, virtually as struck.

Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 1841.