383, Lot: 289. 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, 4.45 g, 9h). 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; pellet below diadem ties / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 714 var. (no pellet). Good VF, toned, die rust on obverse, hairline die break on reverse.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 96 (11 March 1996), lot 154.