bgr_532528 - SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - SHAPUR II Drachme
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Price : 230.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 230.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 309-379
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré. Très beau buste du roi. Frappe un peu molle au 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
Exemplaire légèrement stylisé.
Slightly stylized example
Slightly stylized example
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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