Drachm - Shapur II

Shapur II ruled for 70 years — the longest reign in Sasanian history, spanning the entirety of the fourth century's middle decades — and spent much of it at war with Rome across Mesopotamia. The monetary output of his reign was enormous by necessity, funding near-continuous military campaigns that included the sieges of Nisibis and the campaigns that drove Julian's army to disaster in 363.

The Göbl Ia/6a pairing places this piece among the earlier die combinations of the reign, before the standardization that characterized later Shahpur II issues.