SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.09 g, 3h). GW/2 (Gurgān or Qum?) mint.Electronic Auction 470 Central Asian, Silver Sold For $ 110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.09 g, 3h). GW/2 (Gurgān or Qum?) mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking, crescent-above-pellet-above-crescent to left of flames, crescent-above-pellet to right of flames, gw (in Pahlavi [SNS III var. 3]) to right. SNS III Type Ib1/1a, var. 6; Sunrise –. Bright surfaces, a few light cleaning marks, soft strike on reverse. EF. |