CNG 106, Lot: 545. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) II. 1st century BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.91 g, 3h). Type 1d. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Large bust left, wearing diadem with three ties and mural crown; behind, trace of monogram [above star-in-crescent] / Ardaxšīr standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to left. Cf. K&M 4/10a (for type); cf. Alram 570 (same); cf. Tyler-Smith, Parcel 49 (for monogram); Sunrise –. Good VF, toned. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Very rare monogram.

From the Nisa Collection.