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425, Lot: 266. Estimate $150.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) IV. AD 388-399. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.00 g, 3h). AS (Aspahān or Aspānvar[?]) mint. Diademed bust right, wearing winged mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; ‘S (in Pahlavi [mint signature]) to right of flames, blundered legends at sides, RASTY (in Pahlavi = "Just") on altar shaft. SNS type Ia2/3 (pl. 36, 23); Sunrise –. Good VF, attractively toned, light scratch in field on obverse.


From the BRN Collection. Ex Malter XXXII (30 November 1985), lot 168. Reportedly ex Dr. Mesrop Abgarians Collection.