Very Rare Dinar

Triton XIV, Lot: 467. Estimate $7500. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.22 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing winged crown with korymbos; ∴ behind crown / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown. SNS type I/1; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 870.