Triton XIV, Lot: 536. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.16 g, 9h). AYLAN mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “tlyn” on left, “aylan” on right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type I/1; Mochiri 927; Paruck -; Saeedi 293. EF, toned.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.