CNG 87, Lot: 785. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing crown with arcades and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; fravahr on altar shaft. SNS type II/5; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 181 var. (no fravahr on altar shaft). EF. Well-centered strike. Rare.