bby_483566 - SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - SHAPUR II Drachme
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Price : 195.00 €
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Price : 195.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 309-379
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Représentation inhabituelle du revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Obverse description : Buste de Sapor II (Chapour) à droite, coiffé de sa couronne.
Obverse translation : (Adorateur de Mazda, le divin Shapur, Roi des Rois d’Iran qui est issu des Dieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Buste de Sapor II (Shapur) au-dessus du pyrée (autel du feu) ; les flammes s’élèvent au-dessus de la table, soutenue par un pilier central, des rubans pendent à l’extérieur ; sur la colonne le mot (juste) ; de chaque côté de l’autel, un servant.
Reverse translation : (Le feu de Shapur).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle du roi au revers surmontant l’autel du feu. Droit Stylisé. Revers de haut relief. Drachme de petit module.
Unusual depiction of the king on the reverse surmounting the fire altar. Obverse: Stylized. Reverse: high relief. Small drachma
Unusual depiction of the king on the reverse surmounting the fire altar. Obverse: Stylized. Reverse: high relief. Small drachma
Historical background
SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - SHAPUR II
(309-379)
Sapor II is the grandson of Narses (293-302), the unfortunate adversary of Diocletian and Galerius. He is the youngest son of Hormazd II (303-309) and the brother of Ardashir II (379-383) who will succeed him. Sapor II's reign is one of the longest in Sasanian history, nearly seventy years. He had to fight against the Romans, from Constantine I to Valentinian I, with varying success. He must recognize Hanniballien as king of Armenia (335). But after the disastrous campaign of Julien II where the latter finds death (363), Jovian his successor must sign an advantageous truce for the Sassanid. To the east, he confronts the Kushans who become his vassals. Under his reign, persecutions against Jews and Christians resumed.
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