383, Lot: 305. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Mint IV (“Bishapur”[?] or “Veh-Andiyok Shapur”[?]). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3b) and mural crowns;
fravahr on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1c, style T, Group a; Sunrise –. VF, toned, minor porosity.
From the K. Grzesiak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (), lot 814.