SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. Æ (26mm, 13.47 g, 9h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. VF.

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Central Asian, Bronze

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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. Æ (26mm, 13.47 g, 9h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style P, Group d/1 and pl. 32, 151 (same obv. die); Sunrise –; SNS Schaaf –; cf. Zeno 221320; CNG 75, lot 726 var. (no fravahr. Thick orangish earthen black-green patina, flan crack, edge marks. VF. Extremely rare.


Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 12:23:20 ET.

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