CNG 108, Lot: 428. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AR Obol (14mm, 0.67 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A (’Ctesiphon’). Bust right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos, taurus symbol on shoulder / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing inward, the left, wearing crown with korymbos, raises hand, the right, wearing mural crown, holds up diadem. Cf. SNS type Ib(1)/2a(1) style A (drachm); Saeedi –; Sunrise 753A (same dies); Zeno –. EF. Exremely rare.

From the Nisa Collection.