358, Lot: 222. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. Second reign, AD 499-531. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.66 g, 2h). Contemporary local imitation. Crowned bust right, ribbons on shoulders; star-in-crescents in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, [date to left, mint signature to right]; star-in-crescents in outer margin. Near Fine, dark iridescent tone, remnant of prior mount at edge, porous.