CNG 112, Lot: 407. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. As King of Persis, AD 205/6-223/4. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.71 g, 10h). Mint A (“Stakhr”). Phase 1 (circa AD 205/6-224). MRK’ in Sasanian to left bgy ‘rthšt[r] in Sasanian to right, bearded facing head, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara decorated with pellet in crescent / Retrograde MRK’ in Sasanian to left, ... bgy p’pky in Sasanian to right, bearded head of Papak left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. K&M 6/3; SNS type I(1)/1(1); Göbl type I/1; cf. Paruck 4-7; cf. Saeedi 7. Toned, some porosity. VF.