Rare Full Mint Name

402, Lot: 397. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.74 g, 4h). Mint V (Sakastan). Struck circa AD 330s-350s. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon; blundered inscription to right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown; SKSTN (in Pahlavi) to left of altar, RASTY (in Pahlavi) on altar shaft. Schindel Group 3, 51–5; SNS type Ib1/3a (pl. 7, 91); MK 1268; Sunrise 835. VF, toned. Very rare issue with full mint name.

From the BRN Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, May 2011.