Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 114 13-14 May 2020
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.19 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1a, circa AD 240-244. 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. SNS type IIc/1c, style C; Göbl type I/1; cf. Saeedi AV9; Sunrise –. Scraped on obverse. EF.