CNG 108, Lot: 434. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (27.5mm, 3.42 g, 3h). Style D/2. Mint D. Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos; trace of tc in Pahlavi above diadem ties / Fire altar with ribbon and bust left in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellet on second tier of altar; tc in Pahlavi in exergue. SNS type Ia(1)/4b(1) (sigla unlisted); cf. SNS Schaaf 192 (for type); cf. Saaedi 189 (same); cf. Sunrise 821 (same); Zeno –. Near EF, minor deposits and porosity. Very rare with sigla on obverse and reverse.

From the Nisa Collection.