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CNG 94, Lot: 862. Estimate $300.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.34 g, 10h). 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.). Near EF, toned.


From the James Fox Collection.