CNG 100, Lot: 176. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.07 g, 4h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing crown with frontal crescent and korymbos; to right, tamgha with annulet above and crescent below / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants, each wearing crown with korymbos. Cf. SNS III pl. 146, C11 (for type); cf. Senior, Sind, 3 (same); cf. Sunrise 916 (same). VF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased at the 1999 NYINC.