Triton XVIII, Lot: 863. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.21 g, 3h). Mint IV (“Western” mint). Struck circa AD 309-320. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos; letter to left of crown; pseudo-legend around / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; pseudo-legends at sides. SNS type Ia/1a2 var. (example without letter); MK 1273 var. (same); Göbl type Ib/2 var. (same); Paruck 194 var. (same); DeMorgan –; Saeedi –; Sunrise –; otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned. Apparently unique with the letter to the left of the crown.