286, Lot: 494. Estimate $150. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Farroxzād. Circa AH 75-79 / AD 695-699. Æ Pashiz (22mm, 0.51 g, 4h). Ardashīr-xvarrah mint. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right / Sēnmurw left. Gyselen 2.13 (this coin cited and illustrated). Good VF, brown patina. One of 14 cited by Gyselen.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 106.

The Sēnmurw was a mythological creature that incorporated aspects of all birds.