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Auction: 12026 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 368

Sasanian Dynasty, Shapur I (240-72), AV Dinar, 7.34g, Ctesiphon, draped bust right, wearing diadem and turreted crown surmounted by korymbos, rev. fire-altar with two regal attendants standing either side facing outward (De Morgan pl. XLVI, 16; Numismatic Art of Persia, 740; Göbl, type I/1), very rare, toned, almost extremely fine

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