SASANIAN KINGS. Shapur I, 240-272. Drachm (Silver, 27 mm, 3.56 g, 3 h). Diademed and draped bust of Shapur I to right, wearing mural crown with a great korymbos on top and long earflaps; long beard with a ring and thick tufts of curly hair at the back; two ribbons rising from behind head; to left and right, deteriorated legend along the dotted rim, ‘mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRKAn ˗ MRKA ʾyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn’, i.e. ‘mazdēsn bay Šābuhr šāhān šāh Ērān kē čihr az yaz(a)dān’ (‘The Mazda-worshipping Lord, Shapur, King of Kings of the Iranians, whose essence is from the gods’ in Pahlavi). Rev. Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by two regal attendants wearing mural crowns and holding scepters; to right and left, ‘NWRA ZY ˗ [šhpwh]ry’, i.e. ‘ādur ī Šābuhr’ (‘Fire of Shapur’ in Pahlavi). Göbl type I/1. SNS I, type IIc/1b. Rare. Crystallized and with a flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.