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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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SASANIAN KINGDOM. Ardashir I (AD 223/4-240). AR drachm (28mm, 4.03 gm, 3h). Mint B ("hamadan"), ca. AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of Ardashir right, wearing diadem and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft; counterclockwise around from right. SNS type IIIb (pl. 14, 210). Göbl type III/1/2. Sunrise 714. Well struck on an exceptionally broad flan. Good Extremely Fine.
Estimate: 600-800 USD
SASANIAN KINGDOM. Ardashir I (AD 223/4-240). AR drachm (28mm, 4.03 gm, 3h). Mint B ("hamadan"), ca. AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of Ardashir right, wearing diadem and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft; counterclockwise around from right. SNS type IIIb (pl. 14, 210). Göbl type III/1/2. Sunrise 714. Well struck on an exceptionally broad flan. Good Extremely Fine.
Estimate: 600-800 USD