SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.24 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; pellet above between merlon and korymbos / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV4 var. (no pellet); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, slight peripheral weakness. EF.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 1676.
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