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373, Lot: 236. Estimate $100.
Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.76 g, 3h). Mint IX (“Kabul”). Struck circa AD 320-379. Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by attendants, both wearing mural crowns with korymbos; l’st in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a; Sunrise 847. VF, attractively toned, hint of deposits.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Colin M. Kraay, June 1966.