CNG 100, Lot: 165. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.14 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Struck circa AD 309-320.
mzdysn bgy šhpw[hry] MRK’n MRK’ ’yr[’n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos /
NWR’ šhpw[hry] in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with
korymbos;
fravahr on altar shaft. SNS type Ia/1b; Göbl type Ib/5; MK 1208; Paruck –; Saeedi –; Sunrise 829. EF. Fine style.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, August 1982.
