CNG 112, Lot: 412. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Mint VI? ("Sakastan"?). Phase Ic, circa AD 251-258. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN ya in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; korymbos decorated with alternating annulets and triple pellets; annultes on shoulders; crescent to upper right / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to left, šhpwhr y in Pahlavi to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with ribbons and korymbos and holding staff surmounted by pellet-in-crescent; pellet-in-crescent on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/2b, style L; Göbl type I/1; Paruck ; Saeedi –; Sunrise –; Heritage 3054, lot 30179 (same dies, but later die state); Roma E-45, lot 383 (same dies, but later die state); Lanz 164, lot 105. Near EF. Extremely rare.