CNG 90, Lot: 795. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king I. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.55 g, 9h). Head right with very short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by eagle; rosette on back of kyrbasia / Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right; to right, standard surmounted by eagle. K&M 3/5 var. (crescent on back of kyrbasia); Alram 551 var. (same); Sunrise -; otherwise, unpublished. Good VF, lightly porous surfaces. Apparently unique variety with rosette on kyrbasia.