441, Lot: 236. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.77 g, 3h). AS (Aspahān or Aspānvar) 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;
wh in Pahlavi to right of right attendant; traces of
l’st in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a; Sunrise –; Zeno 204940 (this coin). VF, toned, evidence of mounting with cleaning marks.