Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 638. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard II. 438-457 AD. AR Drachm (3.11 gm). GW or GO (Qumm) mint. "The Mazda worshipper, the divine, the fortunate, Yazdgard" in Pahlavi (crude), crowned and cuirassed bust right / "Fire" in Pahlavi to left, mint signature to right, fire altar with attendants, holding staves, and ribbon, no legend on central column. Göbl I/1 var. (legend on column); Paruck 336 var. (legends); Alram 869; MACW 970 var. (mint); cf. De Morgan pg. 705, 169b. Toned EF, small reverse die break. [See color enlargement on plate 10] ($150)

Ex Tkalec & Rauch (14-15 April 1986), lot 205.