Triton XXI, Lot: 592. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.17 g, 3h). Mint VI (Merv). Struck circa AD 320.
mzdysn bgy š in blundered Pahlavi to right, bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons. SNS type Ib1/2a; MK 1288 var. (rev. legends); Loginov & Nikitin 2, type 4; Göbl type Ia/7; Paruck 246; Saeedi AV46 var. (same); Sunrise –, but cf. 838 (for type). Choice EF, toned.