446, Lot: 193. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) II. AD 628. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.14 g, 3h). AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 628). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right. Malek, Kavad 26-8 (this coin unrecorded); SC Tehran –; Sunrise –. EF, lightly toned, obverse die rust. Extremely rare.