Ancient - Near East & Africa，SASANIAN KINGDOM: Queen Boran, 630-631, AR drachm (4.06g), GW (Gorgan), year 1, G-228, Saeedi-303, Sunrise-1005, fine style, delicately engraved dies for both sides; same wonderful style as Sunrise-1005, which was sold in the New York Sale XXXVII, lot 656, in 2016, choice EF, RRR. There are two distinct varieties assigned to the mint of GW: (1) fine style, such as this piece and Sunrise-1005; and (2) primitive style, GW coarsely engraved, and overall less carefully engraved (cf. Lot 38 sold in our Auction 15). The fine style continues the style of all earlier Sasanian kings, and the assignment to the city of Gorgan (Jurjan, now Gonbad-e Kavus) is now universally accepted. The primitive style mint has been considered Qumm, as is GW on all the Arab-Sasanian drachms, which were first struck about 25 years after Queen Boran.
