Triton XVI, Lot: 683. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. 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). “yzyldt (GDH monogram) ’pzwtw” in Pahlavi, 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 –; Sunrise –. EF. Rare with beardless portrait.

Ex William B. Warden, Jr. Collection (Triton XIV, January 4, 2011), lot 545.