213, Lot: 240. Estimate $100. Sold for $106. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV. AD 579-590. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.52 g, 4h). BHL mint. Dated RY 13 (AD 590). Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; date to left, mint to right, star and crescent flanking flames; c/m: Baktrian inscription (“ΦOP”). Göbl Type I/1; for c/m: cf. Göbl, Dokumente KM 59. VF, chipped edge by countermark, attractively toned.