372, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. First reign, AD 488-497. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.13 g, 3h). LYW (Rēv-Ardaxšīr) mint. Crowned bust right; star to left / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; kw’t (Kavād) in Pahlavi on left, mint signature on right. SNS type I/1; Sunrise 958-9 var. (mint). EF, weak strike on crown.