440, Lot: 270. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.10 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns;
fravahr to right of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, Style P, group d/1; Sunrise 741 var. (
fravahr to left). Good VF, areas of find patina.