433, Lot: 187. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.13 g, 3h). ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Dated RY 2/1 (AD 629/628). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; RY to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran 4246-58 (example without evidence of recutting); Sunrise 993. Good VF, toned. Unusual with the recutting of the RY date.