CNG 106, Lot: 547. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Pakōr (Pakor) II. 1st century AD. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.42 g, 3h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem; star-in-crescent to left / Bearded bust left, wearing diadem. K&M –; Alram 588 var. (Pakōr I; no symbol on obv.); Tyler-Smith, Parcel –; Sunrise 614 var. (position of crescent); BMC –; DeMorgan –; Zeno –. Good VF, traces of horn silver, granular surfaces. Apparently a unique variety of a very rare type.

From the Nisa Collection.