441, Lot: 244. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.15 g, 9h). LYW (Rēv-Ardaxšīr) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629/30). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran 4298; Sunrise –. Good VF, minor crystallization. Very rare.