CNG 100, Lot: 172. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) II. AD 379-383. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.05 g, 3h). Mint II (“Ostenl”). mzdysn bgy ’rthštr [...] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing plain crown with korymbos / NWR’ ZY ’rthštr in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing plain crown [with korymbos]. SNS type Ia/3b; Göbl type I/2; Paruck –; Saeedi –; Sunrise –. VF, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.