396, Lot: 450. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. Æ (16mm, 3.18 g, 11h). Mint D (“Marw”). 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 2/3[?]) with diadems (type G). SNS type IIIa(?)/3a(?); Sunrise –. VF, earthen dark green patina.