CNG 108, Lot: 432. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.38 g, 3h). Style D/2. Mint D. Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos; ht in Pahlavi above diadem ties / Fire altar with ribbon and bust left in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellet behind each crown; pellet on second tier of altar; hyw in Pahlavi in exergue. SNS type Ia(1)/4b(1) (sigla unlisted); cf. SNS Schaaf 192 (for type); cf. Saaedi 189 (same); cf. Sunrise 821 (same); Zeno –. Near EF, minor deposits and porosity, scrape and polish mark in obverse field. Very rare with sigla on obverse and reverse.

From the Nisa Collection.