CNG 103, Lot: 539. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Jāmāsp. AD 497-499. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.89 g, 3h). ŠY (Shirajan or Shiraz) mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 496/7). Bust right, wearing mural crown with inner crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder; to right, small bust of Ahura Mazda left, holding wreath / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left, mint signature to right. SNS type Ia/1a; Sunrise –. VF, toned.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Ponterio 132 (9 November 2004), lot 2242.