SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.19 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3.CNG Feature Auction 114 Central Asian, Gold Sold For $ 4 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.19 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN ya in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and ribbons / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to left, [š]hpwhr[y] in Pahlavi to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns, each with korymbos. SNS type IIc/2a, style A ou Ater (?); Göbl type I/1 var. (no korymbos on rev.); cf. Saeedi AV9 (for obv.); Sunrise –; Triton XXIII, lot 565 (same dies); cf. CNG 111, lot 472 (for obv; same die); CNG 109, lot 406 (same dies); CNG E-391, lot 344 (same dies). Minor die rust, a couple of light marks on obverse, minor flan crack, slight doubling. EF. Extremely rare, only three in CoinArchives, including the Triton XXIII specimen. |