Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 906. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard III. 632-651 AD. AR Drachm (3.89 gm). SK mint. Dated year 11 (642/3 AD). Crowned bust right, globe in crescent on crown, no beard, one circle around portrait / Fire altar, with ribbons upward, flanked by attendants; star and crescent above, two circles around. Tyler-Smith type 1/1; Göbl I/1 var. (star in crown). Good VF, typical weak spots. ($200)