343, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.91 g, 9h). BBA (Court) 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; stars flanking crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Tyler-Smith type 11/3, 147 (O138/R139); Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 313; Sunrise 1009 var. (RY date). Good VF.