369, Lot: 330. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.14 g, 4h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; triple pellets to left of altar shaft. SNS Type IIc/1b, Style P; Sunrise –. Near VF, toned.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.