434, Lot: 177. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. Æ Quarter Unit (13mm, 2.15 g, 9h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2c, circa AD 226/7-228/30. Bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara decorated with PELLET / Fire altar with no attendants. SNS Type IIi/3a and pl. 6, 78; Sunrise 701. VF, brown surfaces.