CNG 103, Lot: 510. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. Æ (18mm, 3.19 g, 3h). ‘Balkh’ mint. Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on the left wears crown with korymbos, the other wears mural crown. SNS type I(1)/1ab(1a), style I; Sunrise –. VF, earthen dark green patina. Very rare.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 915.