Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2020 Auction  –  5 - 7 August 2020

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2020 Auction

Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Paper Money

Part A: We, 05.08.2020, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Th, 06.08.2020, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Th, 06.08.2020, from 10:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

★ Enticing Drachm of Bahram with his Wife and Son ★

SASSANIAN EMPIRE. Bahram II, A.D. 276-293. AR Drachm (4.31 gms). CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Gobl Type-VII/2. Obverse: Jugate busts of Bahram, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, and bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with boar's head, facing one another; Reverse: Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing winged crown with korymbos. Ideally centered with a bold strike and pleasing orange and mauve toning accents. Exceptional for the type and assuredly among the finest seen.
Estimate: $1000.00- $2000.00

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Price realized 1'200 USD
Starting price 600 USD
Estimate 1'000 USD
The auction is closed.
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