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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.93 g, 4h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 320-379. Diademed bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos. SNS Type Ib1/3a (pl. 7, 95 corr. [mint]); MK 1319 (Mint IX [Kabul]); Sunrise 859 var. (no flames) corr. (mint). Good VF, harshly cleaned.
Although Schindel, in SNS, placed this issue under Mint V (Sakastan), it is clear that this was in error. The type was cataloged there as a variety of MK 1297, but it is actually MK 1319, an issue which he placed under "Uncertain mint" in SNS. This is confirmed by the fact that this issue was left out of his later study of Sakastan under Šābuhr II in SNR 90 (2011). At the same time, the coins in SNS listed under MK 1319 bear little resemblance to the coins Göbl placed under MK 1319! In any event, the mint of this issue remains unknown.
Although Schindel, in SNS, placed this issue under Mint V (Sakastan), it is clear that this was in error. The type was cataloged there as a variety of MK 1297, but it is actually MK 1319, an issue which he placed under "Uncertain mint" in SNS. This is confirmed by the fact that this issue was left out of his later study of Sakastan under Šābuhr II in SNR 90 (2011). At the same time, the coins in SNS listed under MK 1319 bear little resemblance to the coins Göbl placed under MK 1319! In any event, the mint of this issue remains unknown.