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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Kavad I, 488-531, AR drachm (4.07g), GNCKR, year 34

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:130.00 USD Estimated At:175.00 - 250.00 USD
SASANIAN KINGDOM: Kavad I, 488-531, AR drachm (4.07g), GNCKR, year 34
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Kavad I, 488-531, AR drachm (4.07g), GNCKR, year 34, G-189, very rare mint, lovely strike, Extremely Fine, RR. The identity of GNCKR has tentatively been translated as the city of Ganjak in southern Azerbaijan, the portion of Azerbaijan now located within Iran. It was a major city near Lake Urmiya, destroyed by the Byzantines in 622 AD, during the intense fighting between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. The alternative assignment of this mint to Ganja, in the northern section of the independent county of Azerbaijan, is no longer accepted.