402, Lot: 390. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.52 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; pellet to left of korymbos ties / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise –. Near VF, deposits, a little rough.