Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 853. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I, with Shahpur I. 224-241 AD. Æ Unit (11.25 gm). Uncertain mint (Ktesiphon?). Crowned and cuirassed bust of Ardashir right, facing helmeted and cuirassed bust of Shahpur left / Fire altar with no attendants. Cf. Alram, Beginning, fig. 29 (drachm); Göbl VII/2; Alram 686. Near VF, black patina, light smoothing in fields, spots of verdigris. Rare. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.