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CNG 103, Lot: 533. Estimate $200.
Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.09 g, 3h). GW (Gurgan) mint. Struck circa AD 425-438. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with head of Vahrām (Bahram) right on shaft; flanked by two attendants; mint signature to right. SNS type Ia/2; Sunrise 920. Near EF, toned, traces of deposits.


From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 184.