SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.18 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1c, circa AD AD 252/3-258. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 576
Lot: 284.
Closing Date: Dec 4 2024 10:00 ET

Central Asian, Silver

Estimate: $ 100

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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.18 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1c, circa AD AD 252/3-258. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; pellet to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1a, Style O, Group a and pl. 29, 113-5; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, traces of deposits, some roughness, tiny flan crack. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 538 (10 May 2023), lot 338; Kirk Davis FPL 76 (Autumn 2020), no. 37.


Closing Date and Time: 4 December 2024 at 11:34:20 ET.

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