383, Lot: 288. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.39 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 G). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 714 var. (reverse diadems [type R]). Good VF, areas of toning and green deposits at peripheries.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 109 (20 July 1999), lot 263.