90, Lot: 105. Estimate $50. Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Æ 16mm (3.10 gm). Uncertain mint. Cuirassed bust right wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, -; cf. Göbl II/6/2; cf. Alram 668; cf. Paruck 27; De Morgan -. Near VF, brown patina.

From the Bellaria Collection.

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