Sale: Triton X, Lot: 505. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Bukhara. 6th-8th centuries BC. AR Drachm (3.16 g, 9h). Imitating Sasanian king Bahram V. “Lord King of Bukhara” in Sogdian right, ncy[dzm] to left, crowned Sasanian-style bust right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crowned bust left in flames. Cf. Zeimal fig. 1, 10; Walker, Arab-Sasanian p. 163, b6; MACW 1547. Good VF, lightly toned.