90, Lot: 118. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shahpur I. 241-272 AD. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.56 gm). Crowned and cuirassed bust right; crescent in crown / Fire altar with attendants. Göbl I/1; Alram 689. Good VF, struck with worn and rusty dies. Rare with crescent in crown.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Sotheby's (7 December 1982), lot 35.

See lot 116 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.