383, Lot: 286. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24mm, 3.79 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 2) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft. SNS type IIIb(4a)/3b(2b); Sunrise 703 var. (pellet to right[?]). VF, areas of toning at periphery.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 96 (18 June 1997) lot 171.