CNG 103, Lot: 514. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Style A. ‘Ctesiphon’ mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar’s head, right, vis-à-vis bust of Prince 4, presenting wreath and wearing kolah with eagle’s head, left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram and his queen, holding ring; fravahr symbol and three-pellet formation flanking flames. SNS type VIIa(1)/5a(1a), Style A; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, a few light scratches, hint of deposits, soft strike on obverse, die break on reverse.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 66, 19 May 2004), lot 868.