Final Year Issue

452, Lot: 616. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. AR Drachm (4.01 g, 3h). SK (Sakastān) mint. Dated RY 20 (AD 651). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; RY to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. Tyler-Smith –; SNS Schaaf 720; SC Tehran –; Sunrise –. Lightly toned, minor scratches and deposits on obverse, areas of weak strike. Good VF. Very rare last year.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts (Edward Gans), 5 November 1963 (includes his envelope).