Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir III, 628-630. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.86 g, 3 h), WH (Weh-Andiyok-Shapur), RY 2 = 629/30. Draped bust of Ardashir III to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; behind head, AFZUT ('Increase' in Pahlawi); before head, RTHŠTR ('Ardashir' in Pahlawi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, WH (name of the mint in Pahlawi). SSCT 4312. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.