Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 714. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDIEVAL. UNCERTAIN TRIBES. Bukhara in Sogdiana. 6th-8th century AD. AR Drachm (3.23 gm, 3h). Imitating Merv mint drachm of Sasanian King Bahram V. Crowned bust right; Sogdian legend before / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar. Zeimal fig. 1, 5; CAAU 401; MACW 1547; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, pg. 163, b4. Good VF, toned. ($500)