CNG 100, Lot: 179. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AV Dinar (18mm, 7.00 g, 5h). 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 –; Senior, Some, p. 6, 1 (this coin); Sunrise –. VF, cuts across obverse and reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Robert C. Senior, October 1996.