359, Lot: 158. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) I. AD 531-579. Æ Unit (19mm, 1.54 g, 9h). Uncertain (ŠY [Shirajān]?) mint. Dated RY 9 (AD 540). Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right; all within quadrate pelleted border; star-in-crescents in margins. Cf. Göbl Type II/2 (for type; bronze issues and rev. border type unlisted); Sunrise –. VF, brown patina. Very rare.