Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 612. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Hormizd II. 303-309 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.99 gm). Degraded Pahlavi legend, crowned and cuirassed bust right; pellet before / Degraded Pahlavi legend, fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bare-headed bust left in flames; Pahlavi letters on central column (RDY=Rayy mint?). Cf. Göbl I/1a (for type); Paruck -; Alram -; MACW -; De Morgan -; Malek, "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics," in NumChron 1993, pg. 234 and pl. 37, 3 (this coin). VF, light scratches. Unique. ($500)

Ex Stephen Album List 98 (June 1993), lot 67.