Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.76 g, 9h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2c, circa AD 226/7-228/30. mzdysn bgy 'rtḥštr MRK'n MRK' 'y in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and Parthian-style tiara decorated with star / NWR' ZY 'rtḥštr in Pahlavi, fire altar (flames 1d) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIe(3d)/3a(2b) (pl. 3, 33); Göbl II/4a/2; Saeedi 17-20; Sunrise 700. Good VF, toned. Good metal.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Elsen 69 (16 March 2002), lot 615.