CNG 90, Lot: 891. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.20 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem (type 2) and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr symbol to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 97 var. (no fravahr symbol); Sunrise -. EF.