Triton XIV, Lot: 459. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.19 g, 9h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”. Phase 1a, circa AD 240-244. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; pellet above diadem ties / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 2) and mural crowns. SNS type IIa1/1a, style A, group b; Göbl type II/1; Paruck -; Saeedi 79 var. (∴ below diadem ties). EF. Excellent metal quality.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.