374, Lot: 339. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.97 g, 3h). AW (Ohrmazd-Ardaxšīr) mint. Struck circa AD 457-458. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent, and no rear merlon / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; mint signature to right. SNS type I/1a; Sunrise 938 var. (mint). EF, hint of encrustation.