Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 523. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shapur III. 383-388 AD. AV Heavy Dinar (7.35 gm). Eastern mint. Crowned bust right, crown with korymbos and arched decorated panels / Fire altar with fillets and bust of Ahura-Mazda, flanked by attendants. Cf. Paruck 265; Göbl -. Good VF, coppery toning, scratches on reverse. (See color enlargement on plate 2.) ($4000)