Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 884. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard I. 399-420 AD. AR Drachm (4.10 gm). AS (Aspahan?) mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust right, crescent on forehead / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; mint signature to right of flames. Göbl I/1; Alram 854. Darkly toned EF. Wonderful strike with fresh artistic dies. ($200)
From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Sternberg 27 (7-8 November 1994), lot 31.