CNG 100, Lot: 171. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.31 g, 3h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing mural crown and korymbos; to right, flower on stem / Fire altar with ribbons. SNS III –); Senior, Sind, 1 var. (śri symbol); MK –; cf. Sunrise –; CNG E-115, lot 197. Good VF, typical soft strike. Very rare with this symbol.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Pars Coins, 1994.