CNG 100, Lot: 174. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AV Light Dinar (19mm, 4.29 g, 3h). Mint I (“Kabul”). mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n in Pahlavi, diademed bust right / NWR’ ZY šhpw[hry] in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing diadem; ld’yt in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type II/1b, A7 (Šābuhr [Shahpur] III – this coin); Göbl –; Paruck –; Saeedi AV56 (Šābuhr [Shahpur] II or Šābuhr [Shahpur] III); cf. Sunrise 857 (Šābuhr [Shahpur] II) and 874 (Šābuhr [Shahpur] III). Good VF, struck with worn and rusty dies, slightly wavy flan. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), July 1985.