Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.42 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). 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); pellets flanking legs. SNS Type IIIb(4a)/3b(2b); Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, traces of die rust and green deposits. Good VF.

From the MWF Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 659.