Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 670. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Ardashir III. 628-630 AD. AR Drachm (4.16 gm). ART (Ardashir-Kurrah) mint. Dated year 2 (629 AD). "Ardashir" to right, "prosperity" to left in Pahlavi, crowned and cuirassed bust right, ribbon over right shoulder; crescent and ribbon over left, star behind crown, star in crescent before / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, star and crescent flanking flames, regnal year to left, mint signature to right. Göbl I/1; Paruck 471 var. (mint); Alram 924; MACW 1228; De Morgan pg. 729, 224. Toned, good VF. ($200)

Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 33 (20-22 September 1993), lot 439.