Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 865. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 3. 276-293 AD. AR Drachm (4.20 gm). Jugate busts of Bahram, crowned and cuirassed, and his queen, wearing a bonnet with a griffin's head and cuirass, right, facing the cuirassed bust of his son (Prince 3) left, who wears a bonnet with a boar's head / Fire altar with attendants; fravahr symbol (wreath) to right of flames. Göbl -; Paruck -; Alram -; MACW -; De Morgan -. Toned, near VF, interesting style. Apparently unpublished type. ($200)

From the Bellaria Collection.

There are no published coins of Prince 3 with the queen wearing anything but a plain bonnet. It is most similar to Göbl IX/2, which has the same headdress for the queen, but is with Prince 4. It is also possible that these are known, but have been mistaken for Prince 4, as the ears of the boar are only apparent on close inspection.