383, Lot: 326. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.26 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; pellet-in-crescent and crescent flanking flames; pseudo-legend on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a, Var. 4; SNS Schaaf 402; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, scratch under tone on obverse.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection, purchased from Olympus Coins & Collectibles, February 1987.