Triton XIV, Lot: 465. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.36 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos; triple pellets between left two rays / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the right with mural crown. SNS type Ib/2B; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi 138 var. (two pellets flanking downward crescent on one tier of altar). EF, toned. Excellent metal quality.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.