90, Lot: 103. Estimate $125. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.89 gm). Mint C ("Ktesiphon"). Cuirassed bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, fig. 19; Göbl II/4a/2; Alram -. VF, darkly toned, light corrosion.

From the Bellaria Collection.

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