396, Lot: 452. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames. SNS type IIc/1b, Style P; Sunrise 741. Near EF, light porosity.