378, Lot: 280. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. Æ (18mm, 3.01 g, 12h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1a, circa AD 240-244. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; no ear flaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIa1(?)/1b(?), Style B(?); Schaaf 61. VF, rough brown surrfaces. Overstruck on an issue of Ardashir I.