Sale: Triton X, Lot: 500. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgard I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (4.04 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. “The Mazda worshipper, the divine Yazdgard, king of kings, blessed” in Pahlavi, crowned bust right, stars in crescents on shoulders / “Fire of Yazdgard” in Pahlavi, fire altar with attendants and ribbon; star and crescent flanking flames “lpy(?)” in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS III Type Ia1/1a; cf. M. I. Mochiri, "Petite liste de quelques ateliers Sassanides inédits," Iran XXXIV, 23; Göbl I/1; cf. Alram 854 (for type). VF, lightly toned, areas of minor encrustation, double struck. Rare with the two-line legend.