176, Lot: 123. Estimate $100. Sold for $315. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. As King of Persis, AD 205/6-223/4. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.04 g, 9h). Mint A (“Stakhr”). Phase 1 (circa AD 205/6-224). Bearded facing head, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / Bearded head of Papak left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. SNS I Type I(1)/1(1); Göbl I/1. Near VF, porous, flan crack. Rare.