Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 883. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Medieval] SASANIAN KINGS. Queen Boran. 630/1 AD. AR Drachm (3.98 gm, 3h). ART mint. Dated RY 2 (630/1 AD). Crowned bust right; monogram to left / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek & Curtis 9; Göbl I/1; Alram 926. Good VF, toned, no flat spots. Struck from artistic dies. Extremely rare, only one ART year 2 drachm listed by Malek & Curtis. ($2000)