SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. EF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 452. Estimated: $ 2 500

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Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; pellet above between merlon and korymbos / nwr’ zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; triple pellets to right of altar. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b; Saeedi AV4 var. (no pellets); Sunrise 739 (same dies); Triton XXVII, lot 435 (same dies). Lightly toned, slight die rust, underlying luster. EF.

Ex Asha & Ardeshir Dabestani Collection; Goldberg 93 (6 September 2016), lot 1563 (erroneously as being the Sunrise coin).


The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session Two – Lot 302-613 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 13 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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