Triton XVII, Lot: 483. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.58 g, 9h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft; counterclockwise around from right. SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 10, 153); Göbl type III/2/2; cf. Paruck 42; Saeedi 49; Sunrise 714. EF, toned, area of weak strike on reverse.