CNG 93, Lot: 726. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.30 g, 9h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type R); no attendants, fluted altar shaft; pellet to left of altar shaft. SNS type IIIb(4a)/3b(2b; Göbl type III/2/2; Saeedi 69 var. (two pellets to left of left support and one pellet to right of right support); cf. Sunrise 714 (for rev.). EF.