318, Lot: 381. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.80 g, 4h). Mint V (Sakastan). Struck early AD 360s-mid 380s. Diademed bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon; control letter or monogram to right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos. Schindel Group 4, 59-83; SNS type Ib1/3a (pl. 7, 94 [same rev. die]); MK 1297 (Mint VII); Göbl type Ia/6a; Sunrise 836-7; Paruck –; Saeedi –. Near EF, slight roughness, flan flaw on reverse. Exceptional for issue.