SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.32 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and ribbons / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns, each without korymbos and pellet at feet. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group b; cf. Saeedi AV9 (for type); Sunrise –. Lightly toned, light die rust, minor double strike and weakness. Near EF. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.
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