Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 90 23 May 2012
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.20 g, 3h). Mint IX (“Kabul”). Struck circa AD 320-379. 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; blundered “l’st” in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/3a (pl. 9, 118); MK 1313; Göbl type Ia/6a; Saeedi 207; Sunrise 848. Good VF, toned. Attractive strike on a thick, compact flan.