SASANIAN.Hormazd ( Ohrmazd ) IV AD 579-590.AR.Drachm. Regnal year 7 ( AD 584 ). mint BBA ( Court mint). ( 4.18g, 30mm, 9h ). Draped bust of Hormazd right wearing an elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent, kolymbos in crescent on right shoulder, crescent on left shoulder. Reverse.Fire altar with ribbons flanked with a star and crescent, attendant either side, mint signature to right and regnal year on left. Ref:Gobl type 1/1, Sellwood 56. Very fine, weak areas in strike. |