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90, Lot: 147. Estimate $125.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Yazdgard I. 399-420 AD. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.31 gm). LDY (Rayy) mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; Pahlavi legend on altar column, mint signature to right of flames. Göbl I/1; Alram 854. Good VF, darkly toned.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 146 for notes on the reign of this king.