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Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 889. Estimate $250. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Peroz. 457/9-484 AD. AR Drachm (4.24 gm). AY (Susa?) mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon. Göbl I/1; Alram 876. Choice EF, bright surfaces, obverse die break. Rare early issue. ($250)

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 676.

See Malek, "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics," in NumChron 1993, pg. 240, for the reattribution of this mintmark from AB to AY.