415, Lot: 282. Estimate $100. Sold for $151. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. Æ (14mm, 3.70 g, 3h). Mint D (“Marw”). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2/3[?]) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(?)/3a(?); Sunrise –. VF, brown patina, minor roughness.