379, Lot: 224. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) II. AD 438-457. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 438-447. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent and inner ribbon / Fire altar (flames 1) with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, each raising hands; uncertain date to left; nwky in Pahlavi to right; l’s on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/2b (cf. pl. 75, 61); Sunrise –. Near EF, roned, traces of porosity.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection, purchased from Worldwide Treasure Bureau.