Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1121. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Bukhara. 6th-8th centuries AD. AR Drachm (2.89 g, 3h). Imitating Merv mint drachm of Sasanian king Bahram V. Crowned bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar. Zeimal fig. 1, 10-12; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, pp. 163-164, b5-8. Good VF, toned.