433, Lot: 183. Estimate $300. Sold for $517. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. AD 273-276. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.45 g, 3h). Style A/a. ‘Ctesiphon’ mint. Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos; behind head, second line of legend and fravahr / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the right with mural crown; pellets flanking flames. SNS type I(2)/1aa(1a), Style A/a; Sunrise 176. VF, lightly toned, hairlines.