200, Lot: 227. Estimate $200. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.32 g, 3h). Mint C ('Ctesiphon'). Phase 3, circa AD 228/30-238/9. Draped bust right, wearing headdress with globe / Fire altar; pellet to left, three pellets below flames. SNS type IIIa; Göbl type III/2/2. VF, toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auction X (21 March 1990), lot 165.