SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24.5mm, 4.41 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem and close-fitting headdress with
korymbos / Fire altar with diadems; pellet to left of altar shaft. SNS I type IIa(4a)/3a(2b); Göbl type III/2. VF, toned.
From the Elwood Rafn Collection.
