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CNG 90, Lot: 917. Estimate $200.
Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.16 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bišābuhr) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, 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; RY date on left, BYŠ on right; star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type I/1; Saeedi -; Sunrise 994. EF. Rare mint for Ardaxšīr III.