373, Lot: 237. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) IV. AD 388-399. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Merv mint. Bust right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants. SNS type Ic/2c; Sunrise 891. VF, deeply toned, center of flan pierced, hairline die break on reverse, slightly ragged flan.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.