Triton XIV, Lot: 488. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.22 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. 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 (pl. 21, 322); MK 1370; Göbl type Ib/6b; Paruck -; Saeedi -. Near EF, toned, hairline flan crack. Rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.