SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28.5mm, 4.27 g, 6h). AHM (Hamadan) mint. Struck circa 350-365.Electronic Auction 514 Central Asian, Silver Sold For $ 60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28.5mm, 4.27 g, 6h). AHM (Hamadan) mint. Struck circa 350-365. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking, crescent-above-pellet flanking flames; l'st in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS III Type Ib1/1a, Var. 5; Sunrise –. Small area of flat strike on obverse, smoothing in fields, traces of die rust on reverse. Good VF. |