90, Lot: 104. Estimate $75. Sold for $59. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Æ 21mm (5.03 gm). Mint C ("Ktesiphon")(?). Cuirassed bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, -; cf. Göbl II/6/2; Alram -; cf. Paruck 25 (smaller module); cf. De Morgan pl. XLIV, 16 (smaller module). Fine, brown patina. Unpublished in the major references, possibly unique.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Schulten (27-29 March 1990), lot 1179.

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