383, Lot: 287. Estimate $100. Sold for $253. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.18 g, 3h). 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 2) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 714. Good VF, areas of light toning at peripheries, clraning marks.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 128 (27 January 2003), lot 157.