383, Lot: 327. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.15 g, 3h). AS (Aspahān or Aspānvar[?]) mint. Struck circa AD 425-438. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with head of Bahram right on shaft; flanked by two attendants. SNS type Ib2/2; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, die rust on obverse, scratches on reverse.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 524.