283, Lot: 153. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) IV. AD 388-399. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.37 g, 3h). “Taxila” mint. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. SNS III type Ib2/3, A1; Göbl type I/3; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 272, lot 185. VF, porous, reverse double struck.

The area of Taxila, where this type is regularly found in hoards, was under the control of the Kidarites during the reign of Vahrām IV. Accordingly, the type is likely a civic issue of the city, functioning as a local trade coinage.