399, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (3.69 g, 3h). Merv 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 flame. SNS III type Ib1/1a, var. 5; Sunrise –. VF, toned.

From the William F. Spengler Collection.