366, Lot: 51. Estimate $200. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Uncertain Romano-Sasanian. Circa 3rd-4th centuries AD. AV “Dinar” (21mm, 8.13 g, 12h). Indian imitation. [...]ΛVI[...](retrograde J) ΛVS(retrograde E)(retrograde C)III(retrograde J), draped bust right, wearing schematic laurel wreath or headdress / Fire altar with ribbons. Cf. RIC IV 108 (Gordian III; for obv.); cf. SNS III pl. 146, C1-2 (Shahpur II; for rev.); Turner –. Fine, holed and plugged, two holes for suspension.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.