Numismatic Auction #19

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran V, 420-438, PB unit (4.15g), NM, G-—, standard bust facing right, 5-petal flower & other symbols before / standard altar & two attendants, as Göbl-158 but lead, Fine, RRR. Lead coins were issued during much of the Sasanian period, but few have been published, and no comprehensive study has ever been completed and published. All are extremely rare, and almost never better than fine condition.