Triton XIV, Lot: 500. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.08 g, 3h). AW (Hormizd-Ardashir) mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent above pellet and
korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; crescent-above-pellets flanking flames, “aw” to outer right, blundered “l’st” on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a (mint signature read as AWH); Göbl type I/1; cf. Mochiri 981 (mint signature read as AI); cf. Paruck 302 (mint signature read as AI); Saeedi -. EF, toned.
From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.