CNG 100, Lot: 178. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.04 g, 1h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent; monogram and śri symbol to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescents flanking flames. SNS III pl. 145, C12 var. (sun above śri symbol); cf. Senior, Sind, 6 (for type); Sunrise 927 var. (no additional monogram). VF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from William B. Warden, Jr.