★ Seemingly Unique and Unpublished ★

No Reserve

Sasanian Kingdom, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV AV Dinar. Uncertain mint, AD 579-590. Crowned bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; legend around, stars flanking crown, stars in crescents in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Unpublished in the standard references: cf. Göbl type I/1; cf. Sunrise 973 for very similar type in silver with same obverse legend. 6.13g, 31mm, 3h.

NGC graded Ch XF 5/5 - 1/5, mounted (#6833714-002). Seemingly unique and unpublished, with no other gold coins known for Hormizd IV.