CNG 100, Lot: 182. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AV Dinar (18mm, 7.02 g, 1h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent; pair of uncertain monograms and à to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescents flanking flames. SNS III pl. 145, C13-14 var. (symbols); Senior, Some –; cf. Sunrise 928 (for type). VF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Riuz Rihz, April 1997.