CNG 88, Lot: 646. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Mint I (Ctesiphon). Struck circa AD 309-320. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; letter behind crown / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown; fravahr and dynastic symbol flanking flames, pellet on base of altar. SNS type 1a/1a2, A4; Göbl type Ib/1; Saeedi -. EF, some light cleaning marks. A well centered strike.