223, Lot: 291. Estimate $75. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Shahpur II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (21mm, 2.89 g, 3h). Mint V (Sakastan). Crowned bust right; Pahlavi letter before / Fire altar, attendants flanking; in flames, bust left. Cf. SNS III Type Ib1/3b; cf. Göbl Type Ia/6b; Göbl, Dokumente Em. 1297 var. (bust in flames right). Near VF.

Neither SNS nor Göbl cite specimens with the bust in the flames facing left for this issue.