CNG 90, Lot: 912. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.07 g, 3h). Stakhr mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos; “s” in Pahlavi behind head / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; “s” in Pahlavi to right of flames; “thyl” (?) in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a; Göbl type I/1; cf. Mochiri, Petite, 18; Saeedi -; Sunrise -; cf. Triton XIV, 502. EF.