415, Lot: 283. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.62 g, 3h). Style J, Phase 1. Sakastan mint. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single groups; pellet to upper left; triple pellets to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns; taurus symbol and fravahr flanking flames; triple pellets to left of altar shaft. SNS type Ia (?)/2a (zu 4), Style J; Sunrise –; cf. Zeno 143730 (for obv.). VF, deposits, minor porosity, reverse double struck. Very rare with pellets.