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CNG 112, Lot: 416. Estimate $200.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) V. AD 420-438. AR Drachm (30.5mm, 4.17 g, 3h). GW (Gurgān or Qum?) mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown with ribbons and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with head of Bahram right on shaft; flanked by two attendants; pellets flanking; mintmark to outer right. SNS Type Ib2/2; cf. Sunrise 920. Bright surfaces, minor die rust in devices, slight double strike on reverse. Superb EF.