385, Lot: 342. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.57 g, 3h). Mint VI (AW [Ohrmazd-Ardaxšīr]). Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown with
korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing flat-topped crown with
korymbos; blundered retrograde
l’syt in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib2/1b; Sunrise 876. VF, find patina, cleaning marks.