Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavad I. 488-497 AD. AR Drachm (4.08 gm; 29 mm). first reign -No date - Mint: KA (either Karian in present day Fars province or Kashvin (modern day Qazvin). 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 959. Elegant style. Lovely strike on an excellent metal. Struck on a broad medallic flan. Choice Superb EF. Toned. Rare.