342, Lot: 395. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.36 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellet to right of attendant on right. SNS Type IIc/1a, Style Q, group e; Göbl Type I/1. Good VF, toned, minor areas of weak strike.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 95 (4 October 2004), lot 99.