CNG 100, Lot: 184. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) II. AD 438-457. AV Light Dinar (23mm, 3.87 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 447-457. mzdysn bgy kdy yzdklty in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent and inner ribbon / Blundered legend, Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown. SNS type Ib/2b, A4; Göbl type I/1; Paruck 333; Saeedi AV70; Sunrise –. Good VF, traces of deposits in devices on reverse, some cleaning scratches. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, December 1992.