399, Lot: 373. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) IV. AD 388-399. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.84 g, 3h). Merv mint. Bust right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants. SNS type Ic/2c; Sunrise 891. Near VF, toned, light cleaning marks on reverse. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.

From the William F. Spengler Collection.