Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.30 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; pellet to left of diadem knot and right of korymbos / Fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type G); pellet on first tier of altar shaft. SNS Type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise –. Toned, tiny scratches and edge nicks. VF.

Ex Album 31 (17 May 2018), lot 80.