CNG 103, Lot: 508. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.16 g, 3h). ‘Ctesiphon’ mint. Bust right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I to left and Anahit to right. SNS type Ia(1)/1(1), style A; Sunrise –. Near VF, areas of toning, some porosity. Very rare.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 814; Sotheby’s (1 October 1987), lot 758.