CNG 100, Lot: 164. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AV Dinar (21mm, 6.86 g, 3h). mzdysn bgy ’hrmzdy MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n W ’n’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos / NWR’ ZY ’whrmzdy in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown, the other wearing mural crown, both with korymbos. SNS type Ia/– (unlisted rev. type); Göbl type I/1b; Paruck –; Saeedi AV38; Sunrise –. VF, light field marks. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 564 (where it realized $4600).