SASANIAN EMPIRE: Shahpur I. Circa 241-271 AD. AR Drachm (4.08 g). Obv: Bust of King Shahpur to right wearing diadem & mural crown with korymbos & earflaps, Pahlavi legends around the bust. / Rev: Fire altar flanked by two attendants (guards) wearing mural crowns, pahlavi legends to right & left of attendents, Farahvar monogram on the fire altar. Good VF.
*Shahpur I (Shapur I) was the second Sasanian King of Iran (persia). he ruled from 240 to 270 AD, First with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of the city of Hatra, Shapur also consolidated and expanded the empire of Ardashir I, waged war against the Roman Empire, and seized its cities of Nisibis & Carrhae while he was advancing as far as Roman Syria. Although he was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III, he was able to win the Battle of Misiche the following year and force the new Roman emperor Philip the Arab to sign a favorable peace treaty.
