438, Lot: 319. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Obol (14mm, 0.71 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 diadems (type 3b) and mural crowns; trace of taurus symbol on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group d; Sunrise 735-6. VF, toned, light scratches.

Ex Ponterio 138 (31 March 2006), lot 1501.