421, Lot: 427. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Struck circa AD 309-320. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos; aw(?) in Pahlavi behind korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown and korymbos; fravahr on altar shaft. SNS type Ia/1b and cf. plate 3, A8; Sunrise –. Good VF, light porosity.