351, Lot: 435. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.17 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS Type IIc/1b, Style P; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 101-2; Sunrise 741 var. (fravahr to left of flames. Good VF, some porosity.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles.