SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.94 g, 3h). Style A/1. Ctesiphon mint. Phase 2. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; triple pellets on altar shaft. SNS type Ia (zu 1)/4a(?); Sunrise 802-3 var. (no pellets). Toned. Good VF.
From the MWF Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 12 (28 October 2005), lot 234.