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.

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Lot: 338. Estimated: $ 200

Central Asian, Silver

Sold For $ 190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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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 Kirk Davis FPL 76 (Autumn 2020), no. 37.


Closing Date and Time: 10 May 2023 at 11:52:20 ET.

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