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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 863

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) II. AD 309-379. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.21 g, 3h). Mint IV ("Western" mint). Struck circa AD 309-320. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos; letter to left of crown; pseudo-legend around / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames; pseudo-legends at sides. SNS type Ia/1a2 var. (example without letter); MK 1273 var. (same); Göbl type Ib/2 var. (same); Paruck 194 var. (same); DeMorgan –; Saeedi –; Sunrise –; otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned. Apparently unique with the letter to the left of the crown.

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