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SASANIAN - Shapur I
SASANIAN - Shapur I - AR Drachm
Draped bust to right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos. / Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing diadems and mural crowns. Although Shapur I was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III (238–244AD), he was the following year able to win the Battle of Misiche and force the new Roman Emperor Philip the Arab (244–249AD) to sign a favourable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".
Date: 240-70 AD
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 3.54g
Catalogue ref: Surise 737?