102, Lot: 101. Estimate $100. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shahpur III. 383-388 AD. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.85 gm). Court mint. Crowned bust right / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, no bust on altar; I on central column, mint signature across upper field. Göbl I/- (unlisted reverse); Paruck -; Alram -; De Morgan -. VF, iridescent toning, areas of flatness. Unpublished reverse type, and rare with mint signature.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Peus 316 (5-7 and 10 November 1986), lot 325.