Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 887. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Medieval] INDO-SASANIAN. Sind. 5th century AD. Base AV Dinar (7.32 gm, 3h). Imitating Sasanian king Bahram V. Crowned bust right; uncertain legend before / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon. Cf. SNS 3, C12-14; cf. Senior, “Some new coins from Sind,” ONS Newsletter 149 (Summer 1996), p. 6; cf. Senior, “Coinage of Bahram Ghor leads to identification of Sassanian mint at Sind,” The Celator, October 1990, p. 15, Figure 4. Good VF, edge mount removed. Rare. ($500)

The legend on the obverse of this example is not the same as that which has previously appeared on these types.