CNG 109, Lot: 406. Estimate $4000.
Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.33 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase Ib, circa AD 244-252/3.
mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos /
nwr’ in Pahlavi to right,
šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns, each with
korymbos, and holding spears. SNS type IIc/2b, style A ou Ater (?); Göbl type I/1 var. (no
korymbos on rev.); Saeedi –; Sunrise –; CNG E-391, lot 344 (same dies). EF.
