CNG 88, Lot: 653. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AV Pale Dinar (19mm, 6.95 g, 3h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent; “hdt” in Pahlevi and “śri” symbol above pellet-in-annulet to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescents flanking flames. Cf. SNS III pl. 145, C13-4; Paruck -; cf. Senior, Coinage 5; cf. Baldwin’s 40, 34 (all references have different Pahlevi letters). VF, light cleaning scratches on high point of altar. Extremely rare with these Pahlevi letters.