Extremely Rare Dynastic Issue

437, Lot: 236. Estimate $1000. Sold for $920. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Prince 1. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.95 g, 3h). Style B(?). Uncertain (Marw?) mint. Phase I. Confronted busts of Vahrām (Bahram) right, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and Prince 1 left, wearing kolah / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants; one wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wit mural crown; triple pellets to left of flames. SNS type II(1)/1(1a), style Style incertain (B?) and pl. 25, A88 var, (placement of pellets); Sunrise –. VF, toned, edge chipped. Extremely rare, the first CNG has handled since 2004.

Ex Ponterio 138 (1 April 2006), lot 1506.