383, Lot: 320. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) IV. AD 388-399. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.83 g, 3h). Uncertain (Herat[?]) mint. Bust right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; h in Pahlavi on altar shaft;. SNS type Ic/3, A65 (same dies); SNS Schaaf –; Sunrise –. Good VF, areas of toning and some porosity. Very rare and better than the SNS specimen.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi V (4 June 2001), lot 221.