CNG 99, Lot: 429. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.15 g, 9h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with
korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft. SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 10, 153); Göbl type III/2/2; Saeedi 49; Sunrise 714. Good VF, toned, traces of deposits on obverse, marks under tone.