412, Lot: 334. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (24.5mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Mint III (“Hamadan”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; pellets flanking central shaft of altar. SNS type IIc/1a, style E, Group A; Sunrise –. VF, toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 329 (25 June 2014), lot 221 (hammer $360).