Triton XIV, Lot: 490. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) II. AD 379-383. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.16 g, 3h). Mint II (“Eastern”). Bust right, wearing plain crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, each wearing plain crown with korymbos; fluted altar shaft. Cf. SNS type Ia/1a, A7; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.