CNG 100, Lot: 173. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Sind mint. Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown with
korymbos;
śri symbol to right / Fire altar with ribbon and bust left in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing diadem. SNS III pl. 145, C7 (this coin); Senior,
Sind –; Sunrise 878 var. (no
śri symbol on obv; bust right in flames). Good VF, traces of deposits.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.