Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavad I. 488-497 AD. AR Drachm (4.09 gm; 28 mm). First reign. No date - mint: AS (Aspanvar (Ctesphon) or Aspahan (Esfahan). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type I/1 (pl. 108, 35-6); Gobl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 958. Elegant style. Lovely strike on an excellent metal. Struck on a broad medallic flan. Choice Superb EF. Rare.