355, Lot: 251. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.90 g, 3h). LYW (Rēv-Ardaxšir) mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and
korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants;
lyw in Pahlavi to right of flames;
w’(?) in Pahlavi to right of right attendant; retrograde
’tš in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise–. Good VF, encrustation on reverse, small edge chip.