Details
LOT 3053
Sasanian Kingdom. Ardaxsir (Ardashir) I AE 29mm. Circa AD 233/4-238/9. Mint C (Ctesiphon"). Phase 3.
Bust to right, wearing diadem (type G) and mural crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b) and pl. 13, A35; Sunrise 724; CNG E-446, lot 191. Near Very Fine.(17.42gr, 29mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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