383, Lot: 292. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.34 g, 8h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 4, circa AD 238/9-240. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 4) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 714. Good VF, traces of toning on peripheries, some die rust.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Spartan BBS 27 (9 December 2002), lot 153.