SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.11 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Near EF.Electronic Auction 576 Central Asian Estimate: $ 100 |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.11 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems and mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Sunrise 741. Bright surfaces, traces of deposits, some reverse corrosion. Near EF. |