CNG 106, Lot: 597. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. Circa AD 270-300. AV Dinar (31mm, 8.03 g, 11h). Boxlo (Balkh) mint. Late series. ohromozoo ooz or ko koshano shohrono shoo (in Kushano-Bactrian), Ohrmazd standing left on ground line, wearing lion-head crown with ribbons and surmounted by artichoke, flames at shoulders, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar; pellet to right of altar; between legs, pellet above swastika; triple pellets below left arm; to right, χ above tamgha and βοχλο (mint signature) in Bactrian / oorzoo ooo oo (in Kushano-Bactrian), Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; traces of pellet in outer margin to left, to right, and in exergue; pellet in outer margin at 7 o’clock. Cf. Carter 27 (for type); cf. Cribb 4 (same); MK 747/2; ANS Kushan 2212. EF, hint of deposits, slight double strike, some hairline die breaks on reverse, minor hairline flan split.

From the François Righetti Collection. Ex Ponterio 149 (24 April 2009), lot 2129.