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Sale 104
June 10-13 2018 Pre Long Beach Sale
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Lot 3180 |
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Sasanian Empire. Ardashir I, AD 223-240. Silver Drachm (4.10g). Hamaddan mint, ca. AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of the king right, wearing diadem. Reverse: Fire altar with flames and diadeems. Gobl type V/2; Paruck -; Saeedi -. Sunrise 710. Well struck and perfectly centered. untoned. Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700
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| Realized
$812 |
Lot 3181 |
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Sasanian Empire. Ardashir I, AD 223-240. Silver Drachm (4.19g). Ctesiphon mint, ca. 233/4-2389/9. Bust of the king right, wearing diadem and mural crown. Reverse: Fire altar with diadems. Gobl type IV/2; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 721. Well centered and untoned. Some minor reddish deposits (probably removable) noted on the obverse. Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
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| Realized
$972 |
Lot 3182 |
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Sasanian Empire. Ardashir I, AD 223-240. Silver Obol (0.66 g). Stakhr mint, ca. 205/6-223/4. Bearded facing head of the king wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. Reverse: Bearded head of Papag left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. Gobl type 1/1; Paruck -; Saeddi 9; Sunrise 694. Very rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400
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$360 |
Lot 3183 |
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Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur I. Gold Dinar (7.39 g), AD 240-272. Mint I ("Ctesiphon"), phase 2, ca. AD 260-272. Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two below diadem ties. Reverse: Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type Iic/1b, style P, group d/1 (pl. 31, 143); Göbl type I/1; cf. Sunrise 740. Well struck and quite choice. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 6,000
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$4,800 |
Lot 3184 |
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Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur I. Gold Dinar (7.42 g), AD 240-272. Mint I ("Ctesiphon"), phase 2, ca. AD 260-272. Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two below diadem ties. Reverse: Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type Iic/1b, style P, group d/1 (pl. 31, 143); Göbl type I/1; cf. Sunrise 740. Well struck and lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 6,000
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$4,080 |
Lot 3185 |
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Sasanian Empire. Shahpur I, ADD 240-272. Silver Obol (0.70 g). Ctesiphon mint, ca. AD 244-252/3. Bust of the king right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos. Reverse: Fire altar, flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns and one with, and the other without, diadems. Gobl type 1/1; Paruck 73; Saeedi 85; Sunrise 735. Untoned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
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$312 |
Lot 3186 |
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Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Gold Dinar (7.45 g), AD 276-293. HWPY/HRPY (Herat?). Bust of Varhran II right, wearing diadem and winged crown with korymbos. Reverse: Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the right wearing mural crown. SNS type I1/1(1a)I; Göbl type I/1; Sunrise 763. Well struck and lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 6,000
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$4,800 |
Lot 3187 |
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Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Gold Dinar (7.41 g), AD 276-293. Bust of Varhran II right, wearing winged crown with korymbos. Reverse: Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellet below altar. SNS type I/1; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 765 (same dies). Some fine hairline scratches in the right obverse field. Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $3,500 - 4,000
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$3,000 |
Lot 3188 |
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Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur II. Silver Drachm (4.22 g), AD 309-379. Mint IX ('Kabul'), ca. AD 320-379. Bust of Shapur II right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon. Reverse: Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; legend on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a (pl. 9, 118); MK 1313; Göbl type Ia/6a; Saeedi 207; Sunrise 848. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
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$192 |
Lot 3189 |
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Sasanian Empire. Kavadh II, AD 628. Silver Drachm (4.13 g). Aylan mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 628). Bust of the king right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on cresent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown; star-in-cresents in margin. Reverse: Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; star-in-crescents in margin. Malek, Kavad 31-50; Gobl type I/l; Paruck -; Saeedi 290; Sunrise 991. Very Rare. Lustrous and untoned. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300
For a similar example see Triton XII (6 Janauary, 2009) lot 455.
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$1,080 |
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