Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 972. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2300. 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 AV38 var. (crown of attendant on right without korymbos); cf. Göbl I/1b (drachm); CNG 73, 564 (same obv. die). Near VF, light field marks. Very rare with bust right in flames.