Watch List notes:

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shapur II (AD 309-379). Ar drachms. King wearing turreted head-dress)(firealtar with two attendants, with bust of Ahuramazda in flames above altar, two with rast on altar shaft.
4,18 g, 4,18 g, 4,16 g. (MACW 877-883). Totalt 3 ex.It is said that Shapur II may have been the only king in history to be crowned in utero: the crown was placed upon his mother's belly. This child, named Shapur, was therefore born king; the government was conducted by his mother and the magnates.

Grade: 1+ [VF]

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