★ Virtually as struck ★

SASANIAN KINGS. Kavadh I, first reign, 488-497. Drachm (Silver, 29 mm, 4.13 g, 4 h), AW (Ohrmazd-Ardashir). KW'T ('Kavadh' in Pahlawi) Draped bust of Kavadh I to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent. Rev. KW'T ('Kavadh' in Pahlawi) Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, five-pointed star; in upper field to right, crescent; in field to right, AW (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SNS III, pl. 106, 14. Lustrous. Virtually as struck.