396, Lot: 456. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) I. Second reign, AD 499-531. AR Obol (11mm, 0.33 g, 3h). Uncertain (DA?) mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two ribbons, and korymbos set on crescent; triple pellets to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type Ib/1a; Sunrise –. VF, toned, holed for suspension. Rare.