90, Lot: 106. Estimate $50. Sold for $42. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Æ 13mm (2.50 gm). Uncertain mint. Cuirassed bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, -; cf. Göbl II/6/2; Alram -; Paruck -; cf. De Morgan pl. XLIV, 12. VF, dark green patina.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 100 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.