Final Year of Yazdgird III

Triton XIV, Lot: 547. Estimate $150. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.47 g, 3h). SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated RY 20 (AD 651). 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, “wyšt” on left, “sk” on right; double border, star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/1; Tyler-Smith -; Mochiri 397; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, toned. Rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.