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Dinar - Shapur III
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 383-388 |
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| Value | Dinar (1) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Shapur III in high relief, wearing an elaborate mural crown adorned with a korymbos (hair bundle) and dentilated diadem, with flowing ribbon ties visible behind. The king wears a beaded necklace and shoulder armor, with a prominent moustache rendered in fine detail. A large grape-cluster earring or pendant ornament hangs behind the royal portrait. A Pahlavi legend in the right field identifies the king, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shapur III ruled for just five years before being killed by his own nobles — crushed under a tent, according to the sources — making his coinage among the briefer Sasanian series. His reign is notable diplomatically for the 387 AD partition of Armenia with Rome, a settlement that held for decades and removed one of the empire's most persistent frontier headaches.