Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 747. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavadh I. Second reign, AD 488-497. Æ Drachm (3.21 g, 3h). Local issue. MY? mint. Dated RY 15? (AD 503/4?). Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint signature to right. Cf. SNS III Type Ic/1b, 238 and 242; cf. Loginov & Nikitin, p. 293 and fig. 26, 5.4; cf. Göbl type II/1. VF, green patina with traces of minor deposits, pierced and plugged in antiquity. Very rare.