CNG 90, Lot: 893. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.84 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the right with mural crown; pellets flanking flames. SNS type Ib/1B; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 131; Sunrise -. EF, some striking weakness. Good metal, areas of luster.