SASANIAN EMPIRE. Hormizd IV. AD 579-590. AR Drachm .AL mint, Year 2

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SASANIAN EMPIRE. Hormizd IV. AD 579-590. AR Drachm (3.40 gm; 29 mm).AL mint, Year 2. Draped bust of Hormizd IV to right, wearing elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; before head, WHLMZD (‘Hormizd’ in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, AL (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SSCT 1120. A very attractive example. Extremely fine.