Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.12 g, 3h). GW (Gurgān or Qum?) mint. Struck circa AD 485-488. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder, flames on right / Fire altar with ribbons and head of Balash right on shaft; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; mint signature to right. SNS type Ib/1a (pl. 102, 19); Sunrise –. Traces of deposits, cleaning marks on reverse, obverse struck with rusty die. Good VF.