415, Lot: 287. Estimate $75. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (32.5mm, 4.15 g, 3h). AYL (Susa?) mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 628/9). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran 4269-71 var. (RY 2); Sunrise –; Zeno –. Near EF, earthen deposits in devices. Very rare.