SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.59 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames. SNS type IIc/1b, Style P; Sunrise 741. Toned, porosity, scratches, edge chip. VF.
From the Richard Basler Collection.