SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 2c, circa AD 226/7-228/30. Good VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 450. Estimated: $ 750

Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (24mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 2c, circa AD 226/7-228/30. mzdysn bgy ’rthštry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and Parthian-style tiara decorated with star / nwr’ zy in Pahlavi to left, ’rthštr in Pahlavi to right, fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type G). SNS Type IIb(3c?)/3a(2b) and pl. 2 A8 (same dies); Saeedi –; Sunrise 696 (this coin). Iridescent toning. Good VF.

From the JTB Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 348.


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