Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 721. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. As King of Persis, AD 205/6-223/4. AR Drachm (3.93 g, 3h). Mint A (“Stakhr”). Phase 1 (circa 205/6-224 AD). Head of Ardashir facing, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / Head of Papak left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. SNS Type I(1)/1(1); Göbl I/1. Good VF, toned, small flan crack, fields lightly smoothed.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 864.