Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 639. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard II. 438-457 AD. AV Dinar (6.98 gm). ML (Merv) mint. "The Mazda worshipper, the divine, the fortunate, Yazdgard" in Pahlavi, crowned and cuirassed bust right / Degraded Pahlavi legend, fire altar with attendants, holding staves, and ribbon; no legend on central column, mint signature to right. Cf. Göbl I/1; Paruck -; Alram -; MACW -; De Morgan -. Good VF. Unpublished from Merv mint. [See color enlargement on plate 8] ($2000)