CNG 108, Lot: 435. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. Base AV Dinar (18.5mm, 6.97 g, 3h). Sind mint. Struck circa AD 457-458. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; in Pahlavi to right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; trace of Pahlavi legend to right. SNS III, pl. 145, C16 = Senior, Coin, Fig. 3; Senior, Sind, 9 (line drawing); Sunrise –; Zeno –. Good VF. Extremely rare.