CNG 90, Lot: 884. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. As King of Persis, AD 205/6-223/4. AR Obol (13mm, 0.65 g, 9h). Mint A (“Stakhr”). Phase 1, circa AD 205/6-223/4. Facing head, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / Head of Papag (Papak) left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. SNS type I(1)/1(1); Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 9; Sunrise 694. VF, toned. Well centered, good metal.