Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 278. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Shahpur II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (6.98 g, 3h). Mint IX (Kabul). Garbled pseudo-legend citing name and titles, crowned bust right / Garbled pseudo-legend of “fire of Shahpur”, fire altar with ribbons and no attendants. SNS III Type Ib1/2a; Saeedi AV54 (Uncertain Mint); MK 1224; Göbl type Ia/6a. EF, struck with slightly worn obverse die. Rare.