Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Hemidrachm (19mm, 2.01 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G); trace of pellet on altar shaft. SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, hint of die rust, slight double strike on reverse.


From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi XVIII (22 April 2008), lot 220.