CNG 93, Lot: 727. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and Parthian-style tiara decorated with eagle standing right, wings displayed, with ribbon in beak / Fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type R); no attendants, fluted altar shaft. SNS type VI(4b)/3b(2b) (same dies as cat. 231); Göbl type VI/2; Saeedi –; cf. Sunrise 707. Good VF, hairline flan crack, deposits on reverse. Extremely rare with eagle-tiara.