Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1690. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARAB-SASANIAN. Bukhara. Anonymous. Before 775 AD. AR Drachm (3.08 gm). Sasanian style bust imitating Bahram V right; Sogdian legend / Fire altar with attandents. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, pg. 162, b1. Good VF. ($150)

One of the earlier transitional Bukharan imitations of Sasanian coinage, prior to the adoption of a smaller, dumpy fabric, and later cast issues.