CNG 103, Lot: 549. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) III or V. AD 629-631 or AD 631-637. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.71 g, 3h). WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Beardless bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent; ribbons and crescents on shoulders, stars flanking crown; double border, star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left, mint signature to right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. SC Tehran 4329; SNS Schaaf 694; Sunrise 1002-3. Good VF, darkly toned, light porosity, areas of encrustation on reverse.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 66, 19 May 2004), lot 905.