CNG 97, Lot: 463. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (21mm, 5.79 g, 3h). Uncertain (Mint VI [Merv]?) mint. Struck circa AD 320. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; blundered legend (mint signature[?]) to right of flames. SNS type Ia/2a; Göbl type; Saeedi –; Sunrise –; M. Tsotselia, History and Coin Finds in Georgia. Sasanian coin finds and hoards, p. 37, 9, pl. 1, 9 and front cover. VF, riverine patina, showing signs of water erosion. Extremely rare.