SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Sind mint.

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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Sind mint. mzdysn bgy šhpwhly [MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n] in blundered Pahlavi, bust right, wearing flat-topped crown decorated with palmettes, and korymbos; śri and uncertain letter to right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing close-fitting cap with korymbos; mzdysn? in blundered Pahlavi flanking flames. SNS III –; Göbl –; Paruck –; Saaedi –: Sunrise 879 = Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 524 (this coin). Traces of deposits in devices on obverse. Good VF.

From the Archytas Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 484; Sunsrise Collection (The New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 540; Triton VI (14 January 2003), 524.


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