SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.07 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272.

Triton XXIV
Lot: 868. Estimated: $ 500

Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.07 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN ya in blundered Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to left, [š]hpwhr[y] in Pahlavi to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning in margins, hint of porosity. EF.


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