Triton XIV, Lot: 537. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.22 g, 9h). WYHC (Weh-az-Amid-Kavad) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, “tlyn” on left, wyhc on right; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type I/1; Mochiri 700-701; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, toned.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.