SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 7.42 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. EF.CNG Feature Auction 123 Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 7.42 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; triple pellets to right of altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b and plate 30, 126 var. (no pellets); Saeedi AV4 var. (same); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, hint of underlying luster. EF. |