Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 511. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Medieval] SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. 223/4-240 AD. AR Drachm (3.89 g, 4h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 2 (circa 223/4-226/30 AD). Diademed bust right wearing Parthian-style tiara, star on breast, plain diadem ties / Fire altar, flames 1, plain ribbon ends. SNS Type IIa(3a)/3a(2b), 9 (same obv. die); Göbl II/1/2 var. (no star); Alram 664. VF, lightly toned. ($500)