SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26.5mm, 3.90 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. .Electronic Auction 575 Central Asian, Silver Estimate: $ 100 |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26.5mm, 3.90 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr to right of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, Style P; Sunrise –, but cf. 741. Toned with slight iridescence, roughness, a couple of edge splits with associated flan cracks. . |