CNG 103, Lot: 525. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.38 g, 3h). Style A/3. Mint A (“Ctesiphon”). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos; pellet between diadem ties and behind wing / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; three pellets on upper tier of altar; pellet below altar. SNS type Ia/3a; Sunrise 819. Good VF, toned, a few scratches under tone in obverse field, X graffito on altar shaft.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 918.