406, Lot: 579. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) III. 1st-2nd century AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 2.64 g, 6h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust of Ardaxšīr left; triple pellets to right / Radiate and diademed bust of Mithra left. K&M –; cf. Tyler-Smith, Parcel 224 (obol); cf. Alram 630 (hemidrachm); Sunrise –. VF, light overall porosity, slight double strike on obverse, small flan split and flan crack. Very rare with the triple pellets.

From the Nisa Collection.