Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 868. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4. 276-293 AD. AR Drachm (4.04 gm). Jugate busts of Bahram, crowned and cuirassed, and his queen, wearing a bonnet with a boar's head and cuirass, right, facing the cuirassed bust of his son (Prince 4) left, who wears a bonnet with an eagle's head and presents wreath / Fire altar with attendants, the right one presents wreath; fravahr symbol and three pellets flanking flames. Göbl X/3; Alram 744. Lightly toned, good VF, soft obverse strike, reverse die break. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.

This specimen exhibits a highly interesting style, especially with the "fluid" appearance of the reverse figures. See Triton VII, lot 600, for an example with the typical, "austere" style.