Triton XXII, Lot: 483. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II. AD 276-293. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.43 g, 3h). Style G. ‘Marw’ mint. Phase i. mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’ ’yr’n MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing winged crown with korymbos / Blundered nwr ’zy (in Pahlavi) on left, blundered wrhr ’n (in Pahlavi) on right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the right wearing mural crown; pellet below altar. SNS type I1/1(1a), style G; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise 765 (same dies). VF, a few light scratches in obverse field. Extremely rare.