CNG 93, Lot: 729. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Obol (14mm, 0.69 g, 9h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, group d; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 85; Sunrise 735-6. VF, toned, light porosity.