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CNG 90, Lot: 914. Estimate $300.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. First reign, AD 488-497. AR Obol (11mm, 0.46 g, 3h). ART (Ardaxšir-xvarrah) mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, two ribbons, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; ART in Pahlavi on right. SNS type I/1 (pl. 105, A3); Göbl type I/1; Saeedi -; Sunrise 957 (same dies). Near EF, toned. Rare.