90, Lot: 143. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Bahram IV. 388-399 AD. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.91 gm). Uncertain Western mint (Aspahan?). Crowned and cuirassed bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; Pahlavi legend on altar column. Göbl I/3; Alram 847. VF, toned.

From the Bellaria Collection.

Although this coin lacks the mint signature of the previous coin, they are nearly identical stylistically, and thus likely from the same mint.

See lot 142 for further notes on the reign and coinage of this king.