Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Sasanian Kingdom, Shapur I (AD 240-270), Gold Dinar, uncertain mint (Herat?), draped bust facing right, wearing a mural crown with korymbos and a long ear flap, large brooch on left shoulder, rev flaming fire-altar, flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns surmounted by a korymbos, and holding sceptres, 4h (Göbl -; SNS -, cf pl. 38, A62-66 for style; Sunrise -, cf 739). Extremely fine, an extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.

Estimate: £5000-7000