441, Lot: 238. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) II. AD 438-457. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.15 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 C; Sunrise –. Near EF, deposits.