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303, Lot: 168. Estimate $100.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.23 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. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group a; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 102-3 var. (taurus symbol on altar shaft); Sunrise –. VF, lightly toned, slightly chipped edge, some roughness on reverse.