Extremely Rare Variety

402, Lot: 398. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.99 g, 3h). GWR (Gurgan) mint. Bust right, wearing winged mural crown with korymbos, ribbon, and frontal crescent; GW (mint signature in Pahlavi) within crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; GWR[...] (mint signature in Pahlavi) on altar shaft. SNS type Ia1/1a; Mochiri 1375; Sunrise –. Good VF, lightly toned, some die wear. Extremely rare issue with mint signature on altar shaft.

From the BRN Collection, purchased from Warden Numismatics, December 2012.