Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd IV, 579-590. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.12 g, 4 h), GD (Gay), RY 2 = 580. Draped bust of Hormizd IV to right, wearing elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; before head, WHLMZD ('Hormizd' in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, GD (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SSCT 1120. A very attractive example. Extremely fine.