Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1669. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.89 gm). Diademed bust right / Fire altar with ribbons; censers below. Cf. Göbl V/2 (drachm); Sellwood 7 (same obverse die). Toned VF. Very rare. ($1500)