383, Lot: 290. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.40 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 / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 714 var. (reverse diadems [type R]). Good VF, toned, deposits.
From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 195.