SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. AD. 223/4-240. AR Drachm (4.75 gm; 24 mm). Bearded facing head, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / Bearded head of Papag left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-increscent. SNS type I(1)/1(1) (pl. 1, 1-3 var.; Göbl type I/1; Paruck 4-7 var.; Saeedi 6; Sunrise 691. Well struck on a nice broad flan. Crude but Eastern Style. Choice aEF. Nice original find patina.