406, Lot: 588. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (23.5mm, 4.32 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 mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group indéterminé; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned.

From the George Bernert Collection.