SASSANID, Shapur I, 240-271 AD, Sivler Drachm (n°2)
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Rare Silver Drachm coin of Shapur I (241-272 AD) (n°2) Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Second Persian Empire . The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent (together with his father) prior to his father's death in 241. Early years Shapur was the son of Ardeshir I ( r. 226–241), the founder of the Sassanid dynasty and whom Shapur succeeded. His mother was Lady Myrōd, [2 ] who—according to legend [3 ]—was an Arsacid princess.Shapur accompanied his father's campaigns against the Parthians, who - at the time - still controlled much of the Iranian plateau through a system of vassal states that the Persian kingdom had itself previously been a part of. Before an assembly of magnates, Ardeshir "judged him the gentlest, wisest, bravest and ablest of all his children" [2 ] and nominated him as his successor. Shapur also appears as heir apparent in Ardeshir's investiture inscriptions at Naqsh-e Rajab and Firuzabad. The Cologne Mani-Codex indicates that, by 240, Ardeshir and Shapur were already reigning together. [2 ] In a letter from Gordian III to his senate, dated to 242, the "Persian Kings" are referred to in the plural. Synarchy is also evident in the coins of this period that portray Ardashir facing his youthful son, and which are accompanied by a legend that
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