383, Lot: 298. Estimate $100. Sold for $151. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Hemidrachm (20mm, 2.05 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 indéterminé; Sunrise 732 var. (taurus symbol). Good VF, toned, struck with worn and rusty dies.

From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Pegasi MBS 124 (17 September 2001), lot 158.