354, Lot: 297. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.16 g, 3h). LD (Ray) mint. Bust right, wearing winged mural crown with ribbons and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon and flames on shoulders / Fire altar with ribbons and head of Vālaxš (Balāsh) right on shaft; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; mint signature to right. SNS type Ib/1b; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise 954-5 var. (mint signature). Good VF, lightly toned, traces of deposits.