90, Lot: 114. Estimate $150. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir I. 224-241 AD. Æ Unit (28mm, 15.97 gm). Mint B ("Ekbatana"). Crowned and cuirassed bust right; investiture (3rd) crown type / Fire altar with no attendants. Cf. Alram, Beginning, fig. 26 (drachm); Göbl IV/2; Alram 680. Near Fine, brown patina, obverse scrapes, reverse digs, edge split. ($150)

From the Bellaria Collection.

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