Description:  Obverse: Yazdgird II, facing r. on frontal bust, bearded, hair in bunch, earring; ribbon extending upwards from bunch of hair; crown, with pellet band, mural elements, with line extending vertically to upturned crescent, fireball/pomegranate within crescent; single pellet band at neckline, double pellet lines extending from shoulder to sternum, where they connect to large hollow pellet; single pellet border.

Reverse: Fire altar, thin column, with two steps at base, three steps at top, two ribbons extending down from centre of column; fire atop altar, depicted as four rows of four pellets, three pellets, two pellets and one pellet respectively; two attendants, both facing in toward altar, crowned, holding barsom, robe/kushti depicted with diagonal lines; single pellet border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MALKAN KDI YZDKRTI (Malkan Kadi Yazdakirti/ King fortunate Yazdagird).

Reverse: VH (Veh Artashir)

Bibliography:  SNS 3.1/p.379.38

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