449, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.70 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3b) and mural crowns; taurus symbol on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group d; cf. Sunrise 732 (for type). Slightly crystallized surfaces, die rust, and porosity. Good VF.