318, Lot: 380. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.05 g, 3h). Mint V (Sakastan). Struck circa AD 303-early 320s. Diademed bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon; X to right / Fire altar with ribbons and fravahr symbol on shaft; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown; S (in Pahlavi = mint signature) to right of altar shaft. Schindel Group 1, – (unlisted with X control mark); SNS-PBW type Ib1/1b; MK 1275 var. (Mint VII; same); Göbl type Ia/5; Sunrise –; Paruck –; Saeedi –. Near VF, toned. Unique with X control mark, from the rare first issue at Sakastan.