| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30063 Price realized: 2,400 USD (Approx. 2,188 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients SASANIAN KINGDOM. Shapur I the Great (AD 240-272). AV dinar (22mm, 7.35 gm, 3h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, brushed. Mint I ("Ctesiphon"), Phase II, ca. AD 260-272. Draped bust of Shapur I right, wearing mural tiara with korymbos and long ear flap / Fire altar flanked by two attendants standing facing, turned outwards, wearing mural crown, grounded scepter in outer hand. Sunrise 739. SNS type IIc/1b. Göbl type I/1. Delicate apricot toning throughout. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Pars Coins, private sale (21 April 2018). The second Sasanian ruler, Shapur I's long and energetic reign raised Persia to glories it had not known since the heyday of the Achaemenid Kingdom. He captured and sacked Antioch, the third greatest city of the Roman Empire, and then defeated the Roman army and captured the Emperor Valerian alive, the greatest feat of arms yet by a Sasanian monarch. His military exploits enriched the treasury and enabled him to engage in stupendous building projects. A devout Zoroastrian, he was nevertheless tolerant of other faiths and is warmly mentioned as a just king in Jewish writings. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/oriental/ancients-sasanian-kingdom-shapur-i-the-great-ad-240-272-av-dinar-22mm-735-gm-3h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5-br/a/3113-30063.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 2000-3000 USD |  |
