Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 698. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDIEVAL. SASANIAN KINGS. Narse. 293-303 AD. AR Drachm (4.05 gm, 4h). "The Mazda worshipper, the divine Narse [hereafter degraded]" in Pahlavi, crowned bust right / "The fire of Narse" in Pahlavi (partially retrograde), fire altar with attendants, no ribbon; fravahr (wreath) and taurus symbols flanking flames. Göbl II/2 var. (altar with ribbon); Paruck 166; De Morgan pl. LII, 8; Alram 754; MACW 852. Good VF, toned. ($300)