Obverse |
Diademed, bearded bust of king right, wearing bull-horn crown, topped by a globe or flower, Pahlavi legend at right |
Reverse |
Fire altar, with bust of Ahura Mazda emerging at the top |
Date |
c. 325-379 |
Weight |
1.56 gm. |
Diameter |
11-16 mm. |
Die axis |
5 o'clock |
Reference |
MAC 1268, G�bl 1126, Cribb 40 |
Comments |
It appears that some time in the second quarter of the fourth century, the Sasanian emperor Shapur II took direct control of the southern part of the Kushano-Sasanian kingdom and issued coins such as this one in Bactria. |