Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.96 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. Phase 3b, AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and earflaps, facing diademed (type R) male bust left wearing kulāf (headdress) with earflaps / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R). E. Shavarebi, "The so-called 'Thronfolgerprägungen' of Ardashīr I reconsidered," in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress (Roma-Messina 2017), pp. 627-8; SNS type VIII(5)/3a(2b); Saeedi 76; Sunrise 727 (this coin). Brown surfaces, some cleaning scratches and smoothing. VF.

From the TAB Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 379; Sunrise Collection, 727.