Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 699. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDIEVAL. SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd II. 303-309 AD. AV Dinar (7.25 gm, 2h). "The Mazda worshipper, the divine Hormizd, the king of kings of Iran and non-Iran who is descended from the gods" in Pahlavi (partially degraded), crowned bust right / "Fire of Hormizd" in Pahlavi (partially degraded), fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bare-headed bust left in flames. Göbl I/1a; Paruck -; De Morgan pl. LII, 18; Alram 759; MACW -. VF, scattered field marks. ($2000)