359, Lot: 159. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV. AD 579-590. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.55 g, 9h). BHL (Balkh) mint. Dated RY 11 (AD 590). Bust right; c/m: crowned head left, wearing earring; all within incuse / Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right; c/m: φopo in Bactrian. Göbl Type I/1; Vondrovec, p. 422 and Type O. IV (examples with countermarks); Sunrise 972. Fine, toned.