Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. 224-240 AD. AR Drachm (4.43 gm; 25 mm). Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps; / Fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 8, A15); Gobl 10 III/2; Paruck 34; cf. Saeedi 25-6; Sunrise 713. Lovely strike on a nice full flan. Choice Superb EF. Lightly toned.