CNG 100, Lot: 168. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.30 g, 3h). Mint IX (“Kabul”). Struck circa AD 320. mzdysn bgy šhpw[hry] MRK’n MRK’ ’yr[’n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos / NWR’ šhpw[hry] in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbons. SNS type Ib1/2a; Göbl type Ia/7; MK 1224 (Mint I); Paruck 248; Saeedi –; Sunrise 840. Near EF. Fine style.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, January 1984.