379, Lot: 225. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.26 g, 3h). AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr) mint. Struck circa AD 457-458. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent, and no rear merlon / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; mint signature to right. SNS type I/1a; Sunrise –. Choice EF, traces of deposits, minor die break and die rust on obverse. Rare early issue.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 66, 19 May 2004), lot 889; Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 676.