442, Lot: 871. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (24.5mm, 3.26 g, 4h). Uncertain mint. Phase 1a, circa AD 240-244. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS Type Ia1/1a, Style A, Group c/b (obv./rev.); Sunrise 729. VF, areas of deposits and minor porosity, minor edge chip. Rare.

Ex Kovacs MBS X (8 May 1990), lot 203.