CNG 90, Lot: 885. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.26 g, 3h). Mint C (Ctesiphon). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 8, 130 [same rev. die]); Göbl type III/2; Saeedi 30-3; Sunrise 713 var. (diadems [type R]). EF. Well struck, good metal.