Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 610. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Hormizd II. 303-309 AD. AR Drachm (3.71 gm). Degraded Pahlavi legend, crowned and cuirassed bust right; pellets on lines in globe / "Fire of Hormizd" in Pahlavi, fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bare-headed bust left in flames. Göbl I/1a; Paruck 176; Alram 761; MACW 865; De Morgan pg. 679, 69. Toned, good VF. [See color enlargement on plate 10] ($200)