413, Lot: 228. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) II. AD 438-457. AR Drachm (27.5mm, 4.14 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 439-447. Bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos set on crescent and inner ribbon / Fire altar (flames 1) with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, each holding a staff;
l’s[t] in Pahlavi on altar shaft;
nwky (new) in Pahlavi to right. SNS type Ib1/2b, Stilgruppe B; Sunrise –. EF, traces of deposits.