414, Lot: 351. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) II. AD 438-457. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.17 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; mint signature to right;
lst in Pahlavi on altar shaft;
nwky (
new) in Pahlavi to right. SNS type Ib1/2b, Stilgruppe C; Sunrise –. VF, areas of toning and find patina, traces of encrustation, cleaning marks, die break on obverse.