CNG 90, Lot: 857. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) IV. Late 2nd – early 3rd century AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.96 g, 9h). Bearded bust left, wearing diadem, hair in bunch above; pellet-in-crescent at forehead / Bearded bust (of Mančihr [Manuchtir] III/IV?) left, wearing diadem and mural crown; rays above. K&M -; Tyler-Smith, Parcel -; Alram 647 (obv. symbol listed as ‘star-in-crescent’); Sunrise 677. EF, double strike on reverse. Good metal. A choice portrait for this king.