381, Lot: 278. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; taurus symbol on altar shaft. SNS Type IIc/1a, Style A, group d; cf. Sunrise 736 (obol). VF, toned.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.