CNG 100, Lot: 167. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (21mm, 6.99 g, 3h). Mint VIII (Herat). Struck circa AD 320.
mzdysn bgy šhpw[hry] MRK’n MRK’ ’yr[’n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos; eight-rayed star to right /
NWR’ ZY šhpw[hry] in Pahlavi, Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown; blundered
ld’ys in Pahlavi on altar shaft;
h in Pahlavi to right of altar shaft,
l in Pahlavi to left. SNS type Ib1/3a; Göbl type Ia/6a; MK –; Paruck –; Saeedi AV496; Sunrise –. Near EF, traces of deposits in devices. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 706 (where it realized $4400).
