383, Lot: 346. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.96 g, 3h). AM (Āmul) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and
korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; RY to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran –; Sunrise –; Album 19, lot 59. Good VF, toned, traces of deposits and light cleaning marks at peripheries. Rarer mint.