Sasanian Empire. Peroz I (AD 457/9-484). Drachm (No reserve price)

SASANIAN KINGS. Peroz I, 457/9-484. Drachm. Within a dotted circle, draped bust of Peroz to right, wearing a mural crown with a frontal crescent and a korymbos set on a crescent on top; to right, ‘kdy pylw[cy]’ = ‘kay Pērōz’ (‘King Peroz’ in Pahlavi); in the margin, countermark: the symbol of ‘frawahr’, the guardian spirit of kingship and the emblem of the royal treasury. Rev. Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, ‘p’ (abbreviation for ‘Peroz’ in Pahlavi);

Estimate:£21.15

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