338, Lot: 151. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.27 g, 4h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by two attendants. SNS Type IIc/1a, Style A; Göbl Type I/1; Saeedi 99; Sunrise –. VF.

From the Collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXI/2 (Fall 1996), SP2035.