Drachm - Yazdgerd III

Yazdgerd III was the last Sasanian king, driven progressively eastward by the Arab conquest until his murder near Merv in 651 — the same year this coin was struck. He was killed by a local miller, reportedly for his possessions, while sheltering as a fugitive. The Sasanian mint system had been fragmenting for years by this point, with many issues struck at provincial sites as the court fled, making precise mint attribution on late Yazdgerd pieces genuinely contested.