Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 628. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shahpur III. 383-388 AD. AR Drachm (4.15 gm). Uncertain eastern mint. Degraded Pahlavi legend, crowned and cuirassed bust right / Degraded Pahlavi legend, fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bare-headed bust right in flames; uncertain legend on central column. Göbl I/2; Paruck 267 var. (legends); Alram 835; MACW 919; De Morgan pg. 696, 150. Lightly toned, good VF, soft reverse strike. [See color enlargement on plate 10] ($150)

Ex Peus 323 (1-4 November 1988), lot 984.