CNG 100, Lot: 166. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.11 g, 3h). Mint VI (Merv). Struck circa AD 320.
mzdysn bgy šhpw[hry] MRK’n MRK’ ’yr[’n] in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing mural crown with
korymbos /
NWR’ ZY šhpw[hry] in Pahlavi, fire altar with ribbons;
mlwy (
Merv) in Pahlavi to right of altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/2a; Loginov & Nikitin 2, Type 4; Göbl type Ia/7; MK –; Paruck –; Saeedi AV46; Sunrise 838 var. (pellet to right of bust). Near EF, small scrape on reverse edge at 9 o’clock. Rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, June 1995.