NumisBids
  
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
View prices realized

Lot 684

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (2424mm, 7.36 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-27. 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; pellets to left of diadem tie and shoulder / 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/1b, style P, group b; Göbl type I/1; Saeedi AV4 var. (no pellets on rev.); Sunrise 739 var. (same). EF. Well struck and rare.
Question about this auction? Contact Classical Numismatic Group, LLC