Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4597 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $270
SASANIAN, kings of Persia, Balash, (484-488), silver drachm (4.08 g), AY (Susa?) mint, obv. "The good king Bala[sh]" in Pahlavi, crowned and cuirassed bust right, ribbon rising from right shoulder, flame on left, rev. degraded Pahlavi legend to left, mint signature to right, bust of Balash in front of fire altar with attendants and ribbon, star and crescent flanking flames, (Gobl I/1, Paruck 359, Alram 888, MACW 1003 corr., De Morgan p.707, 177 [Vologeses]). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine.
Ex Decades Collection and from Triton VII, 13-14 January, 2004 (lot 647) and previously from Giessener Munzhandlung 22, 25 May, 1982 (lot 219).
See Malek, "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics," in Num. Chron 1993, p.240, for the reattribution of this mintmark from AB to AY.
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