355, Lot: 250. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.20 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and mural crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b); Göbl type IV/2; Sunrise 720 var. (pellet before crown). VF, areas of toning, a couple of minor flan cracks, area of double strike on obverse at periphery, porous.