CNG 100, Lot: 189. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AV Sixth Dinar (13mm, 0.38 g, 3h). AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr) mint. wlk’š in Pahlavi, facing bust, wearing mural crown with ribbons and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon and flame over shoulders / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; wlk (date) in Pahlavi to left, ’y (mint signature) in Pahlavi to right. SNS type II/1b, A6 (this coin); Göbl –; Paruck –; Saeedi AV84 var. (mint); Sunrise –. VF, traces of deposits in devices, small flan chip. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album. Ex Peus 338 (27 April 1994), lot 286.