Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 908. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard III. 632-651 AD. AR Drachm (3.82 gm). SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated year 11 (642 AD). Crowned and cuirassed bust (beardless) right, ribbon over right shoulder; crescent and ribbon over left, star behind crown, star-in-crescent before; monogram in left field / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl I/1; Alram 931. EF. Rare. ($200)

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Malter 55 (7 November 1993), lot 567.