SASANIAN KINGS. Ardashir I. AD. 224-240. AR Drachm (4.05 gm; 25 mm). Mint C (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps / Fire altar (flames 3) with diadems (type G); pellet to left of altar shaft. SNS type IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 10, 153); Gobl type III/2/2; cf. Paruck 42; Saeedi 49; Sunrise 714. Choice EF.