379, Lot: 206. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.33 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa/3a; Sunrise –. Good VF, some deposits, minor roughness.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (28 March 2001), lot 690.