Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 640. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard II. 438-457 AD. AV Reduced Dinar (3.96 gm). Uncertain mint. "[The Mazda worshipper, the divine], the fortunate, Yazdgard" in Pahlavi (crude and partially degraded), crowned and cuirassed bust right / "Yazdgard" to left, "Adorer" to right in Pahlavi (crude), fire altar with attendants, holding staves, and ribbon, "ras[t]" in Pahlavi on central column. Göbl I/1; Paruck -; Alram 867; MACW -; cf. De Morgan pg. 704, 167c. Good VF. [See color enlargement on plate 9] ($1500)

Ex Spink 1100 (12 October 1993), lot 447.