CNG 90, Lot: 907. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Mint XII (“Eastern” mint). Struck circa AD 320-379. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown; blundered “l’st” in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a (cf. pl. 19, 285); MK 1319 (Mint IX [Kabul]); Göbl type Ia/6a; Saeedi -; Sunrise 859. Good VF. Interesting style portrait.