452, Lot: 594. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Obol (14mm, 0.74 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. Darkly toned, minor scratch on obverse. VF.

Ex Pegasi XXVI (15 May 2012), lot 263.