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Auction 123  23-24 May 2023
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Lot 376

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 3250 USD
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.43 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; triple pellets to right of altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b and plate 30, 126 var. (no pellets); Saeedi AV4 var. (same); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, light die rust, slight double strike on reverse, small edge cut, hint of underlying luster. Near EF.
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