SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.21 g, 3h). DA for DA (Dārābgird) mint.

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Lot: 490. Estimated: $ 200

Central Asian, Silver

Sold For $ 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.21 g, 3h). DA for DA (Dārābgird) mint. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos; DA in Pahlavi to left / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking, DA in Pahlavi to left of flames; traces of l’st in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS Type Ib2/1a; Sunrise 899 corr. (mint listed as DALAPK). Light iridescence in devices, double struck. EF.

Ex Dr. Ernst Eichler Collection (Dorotheum, 13 November 2019), lot 1278.


Closing Date and Time: 27 January 2021 at 12:43:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.