Triton XIV, Lot: 461. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.35 g, 3h). Mint III (“Hamadan”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; pellet above diadem ties / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3a) and mural crowns; pellets flanking flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style Q, group b (pl. 34, 171-2); Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; cf. Saeedi 107. EF, toned. Excellent metal quality.

From the William B. Warden, Jr. Collection.