CNG 108, Lot: 426. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Obol (15mm, 0.67 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust leftt, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with
korymbos and earflap / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R); pellets flanking altar shaft. SNS type IIIb(4a)/3a(2b) and pl. 14, A37 var. (bust right); Saeedi 68 (same dies); Sunrise 705 var. (same); Zeno 35626 = Bellaria Collection (CNG 66), lot 847 (same obv. die). EF. Very rare with bust left and better than the Bellaria specimen.
From the Nisa Collection.