Triton XIV, Lot: 493. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.10 g, 3h). Mint I (“Kabul”). Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown decorated with palmettes in arches and surmounted with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust wearing flat-topped crown right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing flat-topped crown with korymbos; “l’st” on altar shaft. SNS III Type Ia1/1b; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -. EF, areas of light toning. Excellent metal quality. Very rare.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.