CNG 90, Lot: 859. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) IV. Late 2nd – early 3rd century AD. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.08 g, 9h). Bearded bust left, wearing diadem, hair in bunch above; pellet-in-crescent at forehead / Bearded bust (of Mančihr [Manuchtir] III/IV?) left, wearing diadem and mural crown; rays above. K&M 5/20; Tyler-Smith,
Parcel -; Alram 648 (obv. symbol listed as ‘star-in-crescent’); Sunrise 678. VF, toned, slight double strike on reverse. Good metal.