SASANIAN KINGS. Shapur I. AD. 240-272. AR Obol (0.67 gm; 19 mm). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns and one with, and the other without, diadems. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, group d (pl. 22, 25 – same dies); Göbl type I/1; cf. Paruck 73; Saeedi 85; Sunrise 736. Nice elegant style. Well struck on a nice full flan. Choice EF.
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Starting price | 180 USD |
Estimate | 300 USD |