Triton XIV, Lot: 487. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.24 g, 3h). Mint XI (“Eastern”). Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; “l’sty” on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a; MK 1329 (Mint IX), but cf. MK 1355 (Mint XI); Göbl type Ia/6a; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.