Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3285 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420
SASSANIAN KING, Shapur I, (240-270), silver drachm, (4.136 grams), obv. bust to right with crown, rev. fire altar with attendants, plain below altar, (cf.Sellwood Plate I, No.12, cf.Gobl 32, Paruck 76, cf.M.811-819). Extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Spink & Son, London, with their ticket c.1971 (Å“28).
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