Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.04 g, 3h). Mint VI? ("Sakastan"?). Phase Ic, circa AD 251-258. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK'n MRK' 'yr'n MNW ctry MN ya (in Pahlavi), bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; korymbos decorated with alternating annulets and triple pellets; annultes on shoulders; crescent to upper right / nwr'zy (in Pahlavi) to left, šhpwhr y (in Pahlavi) to right, fire altar; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with ribbons and korymbos and holding staff surmounted by pellet-in-crescent; pellet-in-crescent on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/2b, style L; Göbl type I/1; Paruck –; Saeedi –; Sunrise –; CNG 117, lot 391 (same dies); CNG 112, lot 412 (same dies); Heritage 3054, lot 30179 (same dies, but later die state); Roma E-45, lot 383 (same dies, but later die state); Lanz 164, lot 105. Light die rust, minor edge bruise. Near EF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Roma XXI (24 March 2021), lot 359.