★ Extremely rare with the name of the mint fully spelled out on the reverse ★

SASANIAN KINGS. Shapur I, 240-272. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 7.21 g, 3 h), style S, mint II (Marw). ‘mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn’ = ‘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) Diademed and draped bust of Shapur I to right, wearing mural crown with a great korymbos on top and long earflaps; long beard tied in the middle and thick tufts of curly hair at the back; two ribbons rising from behind head. Rev. Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns and holding scepters; to right and left, ‘ʾtwr ZY – šhpwhry’ = ‘ādur ī Šābuhr’ (‘Fire of Shapur’ in Pahlavi); in the upper field to the right of the flames, ‘mlwy’ = ‘Marw’ (in Pahlavi). Göbl type I/1. SNS I, type IIc/1b. Extremely rare with the name of the mint fully spelled out on the reverse. Struck from somewhat worn dies and slightly clipped, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.