383, Lot: 293. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.57 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3b) and mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group c; cf. Sunrise 732 (for type). VF, toned.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection, purchased from Empire Coins, 5 April 1991.