349, Lot: 188. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.33 g, 2h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1a, circa AD 240-244. Bust right, crown with korymbos; crown without earflap / Fire altar with attendants. SNS type IIa2/1a, Style Abis, pl. 20, 5-A8; Göbl type II/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise 730-1. VF, brown patina.