248, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.97 g, 9h). Mint C (“Ctesiphon”). Bust right, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara decorated with star of seven rays / Fire altar. SNS type IIe/3a; Göbl type II/5/2. Near VF, toned, roughness.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.