383, Lot: 350. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.16 g, 4h). WH (Veh-Andiyōk-Šābuhr) 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 / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; RY to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran 4309-10 var. (RY date); Sunrise 996. VF, areas of light toning, cleaning hairlines.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 72 (1 November 1989), lot 350.