Triton XIV, Lot: 545. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.04 g, 3h). SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated RY 9 (AD 640). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; monogram to left, stars flanking crown; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “tš’” on left, “sk” on right; double border, star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type I/1; Tyler-Smith -; Mochiri 390 var. (RY 8); Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF. Rare with beardless portrait.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.