383, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.16 g, 3h). KL (Kirmān) mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 628). 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 4297 var. (RY date); Sunrise –. Near EF, hint of deposits on obverse. Rarer RY date for this rare mint.