★ Lovely strike. Ex Warden Numismatic. ★

SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. 223-240 AD. AR Drachm (4.39 gm; 28 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); Göbl type III/2/2; Paruck 34; cf. Saeedi 25-6; Sunrise 713var.(with ear flap). Not in Sunrise. Lovely strike. Choice EF. Toned. Very rare. Ex Warden Numismatic.