Triton XIV, Lot: 470. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.46 g, 3h). Jugate busts of Bahram and his queen right vis-à-vis bust of prince 3, holding diadem, left; Bahram wearing winged crown with korymbos, queen wearing kolah with boar’s head, prince wearing kolah with boar’s head; pellet above each kolah / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing winged crown with korymbos; fravahr to left of flames. Cf. SNS type VI/3; cf. Göbl type VII/2; cf. Paruck 136; cf. Saeedi 164-165. Near EF, toned. Excellent metal quality.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.