396, Lot: 457. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV. AD 579-590. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.07 g, 3h). DA (Darabgird) mint. Dated RY 8 (AD 587). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SC Tehran 1108-12 (for type); Sunrise –. Good VF, lightly toned. A rare date for this mint for Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV.