CNG 100, Lot: 161. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.32 g, 3h). mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yz[d’n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos; pellet above diadem ties / NWR’ ZY wrhr’n in Pahlavi, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on the left wears crown with korymbos, the other wears mural crown. SNS type Ib/1Ba; Göbl type I/1; Paruck 105; Saeedi AV16 (same dies); Sunrise 754 (same dies). EF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Malter XXVII (10 June 1984), lot 158 (where it realized $3100).