CNG 90, Lot: 858. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) IV. Late 2nd – early 3rd century AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 1.94 g, 1h). Bearded bust left, wearing diadem, hair in bunch above; pellet-in-crescent at forehead / Bearded bust (of Mančihr [Manuchtir] III/IV?) right, wearing diadem and mural crown; rays above. K&M -; Tyler-Smith, Parcel -; Alram 647 var. (rev. bust left; [obv. symbol listed as ‘star-in-crescent’]); Sunrise 677 var. (same); otherwise, unpublished. Good VF, light porosity. Apparently unique variety with the reverse bust right.