Triton XIV, Lot: 460. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.19 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; uncertain mark (•X•?) below diadem ties / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns and without diadems. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group G (pl. 22, 32); cf. Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -. Near EF, toned. Excellent metal quality.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.