90, Lot: 108. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. AR Hemidrachm (19mm, 2.01 gm). Mint B ("Ekbatana"). Crowned and cuirassed bust right; pellets on crown / Fire altar with no attendants; pellet on central column. Cf. Alram, Beginning, fig. 22 (drachm); Göbl III/2/2; Alram 674. VF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the Bellaria Collection.

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