256, Lot: 186. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 2.95 g, 3h). Mint I (Ctesiphon). Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3a) and mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames, taurus symbol to right. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group e; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi 100. Good VF, toned.

Ex Peus 345 (1-3 November 1995), lot 270.