CNG 100, Lot: 192. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-SASANIAN, Sind. Uncertain Hunnic chieftain. 5th century. Pale AV Dinar (16mm, 6.99 g, 1h). Bust right, imitating Sasanian style (of Peroz I?); tamgha to right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crescents flanking flames. SNS III pl. 146, C17 var. (tamgha); Senior, Sind, 7 var. (same); Sunrise –; cf. Spink-Taisei 9 (Skanda Collection), lot 162. Good VF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Pars Coins, January 1996.