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Triton XIV, Lot: 519. Estimate $300.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.07 g, 3h). GW (Gurgan or Qum?) mint. Struck circa AD 485-488. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder, flames on right / Fire altar with ribbons and head of Balash right on shaft; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “gw” on right. SNS type Ib/1b; Göbl type I/1; Mochiri -; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, toned.


From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.