388, Lot: 220. 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. BI Drachm (29mm, 2.96 g, 3h). Mint I? (“Ctesiphon”) or “A” (ambulant). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, Group c; Sunrise –. VF, toned, minor double strike and areas of die rust.