Triton XIV, Lot: 492. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) II. AD 379-383. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.18 g, 3h). Mint IV. Bust right, wearing plain crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, each wearing plain crown with korymbos; blundered legend flanking flames, qoppa with long tail on altar shaft. SNS type Ic/1a, A14; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi 217. EF, toned. Rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection. Ex Album FPL 126 (June 1996), no. 65.