Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 871. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shahpur II. 309-379 AD. AV 1/6 Dinar (1.33 gm). Ktesiphon mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bust right in flames; pellets on altar column. Cf. Göbl, Kushan 1229 (Obol); Göbl Ia/6a; cf. Alram 775 (Obol). Good VF, light roughness, traces of prior mounting. Apparently unpublished. ($1500)

From the Bellaria Collection.