Triton XXI, Lot: 595. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.20 g, 1h). Sind mint(?). Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown with
korymbos;
śri symbol / Fire altar with ribbons. Cf. SNS type Ib1/2 and pl. 32, N2 = Zeno 20845 = Triton VII, lot 626 (issue without additional Brahmi letter); cf. Senior,
Sind 1 (Shahpur II); Göbl –; Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Near EF, hint of deposits, slightly wavy flan. A Sind mint type currently unknown for Šābuhr (Shahpur) III.
