| 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 |
3.26 gm. |
| Diameter |
17 mm. |
| Die axis |
? o'clock |
| Reference |
MAC 1268, Göbl 1126, Cribb 39 |
| Comments |
It appears that some time in the second quarter of the fourth century, the Sasanian emperor Shahpur II took direct control of the southern part of the Kushano-Sasanian kingdom and issued coins such as this one in Bactria. The reverse of this coin may show evidence of an overstrike. |