Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 876. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Medieval] SASANIAN KINGS. Shahpur II. 309-379 AD. AR Fraction (0.59 gm, 3h). Mint II (Aspahan?). Crowned bust right; crescent to right / Large fire altar without attendants. Cf. SNS 74-75; cf. MK 1254; cf. Göbl Ia/7 (for type); Alram -. Good VF, toned. Apparently unpublished. ($400)

Göbl lists obols with this reverse type at Mints II and III. The overall style is more consistent with mint II, though, where he also places a Æ issue with a similar obverse containing a crescent (MK 1262/SNS 74-75).