Triton XIV, Lot: 540. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Bōrān. AD 630-631. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.04 g, 3h). SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 631). Bust right, wearing crown with two wings and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; monogram to left, star and star-in-crescent flanking crown; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “tlyn” on left, “sk” on right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. Malek & Curtis 29-73; Göbl type I/1; Mochiri 385; Paruck 477 corr. (mint); Saeedi 303. EF, toned.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.