Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Obol (13mm, 0.42 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bišabuhr) mint. Struck circa AD 457-458. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent, and no rear merlon / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants. SNS type I/1a (pl. 86, A27); Sunrise 943 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Rare.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 734.