Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 852. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Æ Unit (16.54 gm). Mint B ("Ekbatana"). Crowned and cuirassed bust right; investiture (3rd) crown type / Fire altar with no attendants. Cf. Alram, Beginning, fig. 26 (drachm); Göbl IV/2; Alram 680. Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.