383, Lot: 291. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Hemidrachm (21mm, 2.02 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 716. VF, toned.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review 18.3 (July-September 1993), no. 137.