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Drachm - Shapur I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 260-272 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Pahlavi |
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| Mintage | ND (260-272) |
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Shapur I's reign produced one of the ancient world's most consequential military victories: the capture of the Roman emperor Valerian at the Battle of Edessa in 260 AD, the only time in Roman history a reigning emperor was taken prisoner in battle. The humiliation was permanent — Valerian died in captivity, reportedly used as a mounting block by Shapur before his body was stuffed and displayed in a Persian temple.
This drachm belongs to the earliest phase of Shapur's coinage, a type that established the crowned bust format his successors would maintain for the next three centuries of Sasanian minting.