CNG 112, Lot: 409. Estimate $4000.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.38 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272.
mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN ya in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with
korymbos /
nwr’zy in Pahlavi to right,
šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left,, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns;
fravahr to left of flames; two pellets to right of altar. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b; Göbl type I/1; Paruck –; Saeedi AV5 var. (no pellets); Sunrise 740 var. (same); CNG 111, lot 473 (same dies). Minor die rust, slight double strike on reverse. EF.
