CNG 100, Lot: 169. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.04 g, 3h). Mint IX (“Kabul”). Struck circa AD 320-379. m[zdysn bgy šhpwhry] MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’[n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos / NWR’ ZY 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. Good VF, struck with worn dies.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, June 1995.