90, Lot: 112. Estimate $400. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.01 gm). Mint B ("Ekbatana"). Crowned and cuirassed bust right; investiture (3rd) crown type; pellet below diadem ends / Fire altar with no attendants. Alram, Beginning, fig. 26 var. (pellet before crown); Göbl IV/2; Alram 677. VF, toned, light corrosion. Rare.

From the Bellaria Collection.

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