SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (2424mm, 7.36 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-27. EF.CNG Feature Auction 121 Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (2424mm, 7.36 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-27. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN ya in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and ribbons; pellets to left of diadem tie and shoulder / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to left, [š]hpwhr[y] in Pahlavi to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi AV4 var. (no pellets on rev.); Sunrise 739 var. (same). EF. Well struck and rare. |