Double-Line Inscription

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 550. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgard I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (3.83 g, 3h). DA for DA mint. Crowned bust right; double-line legend / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; mint signature to left of flames; “hlpy(?)” in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS III Type Ib2/1a; Göbl type I/1. EF, areas of minor porosity. Very rare with the double-line legend on the obverse.