Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 564. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $4600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd II. AD 303-309. AV Dinar (6.86 g, 3h). Crowned bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbons; bare-headed bust right in flames. Saeedi 38 var. (crown of attendant on right without korymbos); cf. Göbl I/1b (drachm). VF, light field marks. Very rare with bust right in flames.