383, Lot: 322. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.21 g, 3h). AWH (Hormizd-Ardashir[?]) mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescent-above-pellets flanking flames; mint signature to right and left. SNS type Ib1/1a, Var. 5; Sunrise –. Good VF, light toning in devices, minor scratches on obverse.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 2104 (misattributed to AS [Aspahān] mint).