420, Lot: 351. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.29 g, 3h). Mint II (”Western”). Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown, left with with korymbos; l’sty in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a; Sunrise –. Good VF, toned.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 753203 (February 2005).