SNS Plate Coin

366, Lot: 619. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.18 g, 3h). ST (Stakhr) mint. Struck circa AD 425–438. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with head of Bahram right on shaft; flanked by two attendants. SNS Type 1b2/2 (pl. 65, A31 – this coin); Sunrise –. Near EF, darkly toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 256 (25 May 2011), lot 191; Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 523.