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Drachm - Shapur I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 240-272 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Shapur I facing right, wearing the distinctive Sasanian royal crown surmounted by a large globe-and-crescent finial and adorned with a crenellated diadem; the hair falls in elaborate voluminous curls behind the neck. The king wears a beaded necklace and is depicted with a short beard rendered in stylized curls. An Inscriptional Pahlavi legend encircles the effigy within a beaded border, proclaiming the royal titulature. |
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| Obverse lettering | `mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn` = `mazdēsn bay Šābuhr šāhān šāh Ērān kē čihr az ya (a)dān` (The Mazda-worshipping Lord Shapur, King of Kings of the Iranians, whose essence is from the gods) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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