90, Lot: 101. Estimate $200. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.91 gm). Mint B ("Ekbatana"). Cuirassed bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, fig. 17; Göbl II/1/2; Alram 664. VF, darkly toned, soft strike.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Sotheby's (20-21 May 1986), lot 138.

See lot 100 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.