Son of Ardashir I. Reign 241 - 272 AD.

Denominations: D; 4d, d, d/2, Obol; U, U/4, U/8

Regnal year to AD date conversion:

REGNAL YEAR	AD YEAR	NOTES	REGNAL YEAR	AD YEAR	NOTES
1	241	1st campaign against Rome.	17	257
2	242		18	258
3	243		19	259
4	244		20	260	3rd campaign against Rome; Valerian captured.
5	245		21	261
6	246		22	262
7	247		23	263
8	248		24	264
9	249		25	265
10	250		26	266
11	251		27	267
12	252	2nd campaign against Rome; Nisibis captured.	28	268
13	253		29	269
14	254		30	270
15	255		31	271	Aurelian marches against Zenobia.
16	256

Gobl IV issue: Eagle crown

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
25 mm.
4.16 gm.
Göbl SN IV/1; SNS Ia/1b
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=8h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl I issue: Crown with earflaps

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
27 x 28 mm.
4.02 gm.
Göbl SN I/1; SNS IIc/1c
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse: Frahvar on altar.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
30 x 29 mm.
4.14 gm.
Göbl SN I/1 (plate II/23)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=26 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
26 mm.
4.10 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Diadem on globe.
Reverse: Composite/'Gondopharan' symbol on altar shaft.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
24 mm.
4.31 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
26 mm.
3.96 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Large portrait.
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
27 mm.
4.35 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
25 mm.
3.83 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
28 mm.
4.34 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 811v.; Sellwood ISC 12 (type I); Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above; no pellets on globe. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. Pellet to either side of altar flame. Pahlavi legend.
Note: Courtesy William B. Warden, Jr. collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
25 mm.
4.29 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 811v.; Sellwood ISC 12 (type I); Göbl SN I/1 (plate II/23)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above; no pellets on globe. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. No ornaments above altar. Pahlavi legend.
Note: Courtesy William B. Warden, Jr. collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
27 x 28 mm.
4.40 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 x 24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above; 1 pellet on globe. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. No ornaments above altar. Pahlavi legend.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
27 mm.
4.09 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above, 1 pellet on globe; 1 pellet before globe. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. No ornaments above altar. Pahlavi legend.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
24 mm.
4.20 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=3h
reverse
Obverse:
Reverse: Pellet to either side of altar at bottom.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
24 mm.
4.09 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 811v.; Sellwood ISC 14 (type I); Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above; 3 pellets on globe, 3 pellets on right shoulder. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. No ornaments above altar; pellet to either side at bottom. Pahlavi legend.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
24 mm.
4.14 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. Two pellets to right of altar shaft. Pahlavi legend.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
26 x 24 mm.
4.20 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 819; Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress with ear flaps and globe above. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. 'Gondopharan' symbol on altar. Pahlavi legend.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Hemidrachm
19 mm.
2.03 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=17 mm.; diameter of reverse border=18 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Obol
14 mm.
0.70 gm.
Göbl SN I/1; SNS IIc/1a
Diameter of obverse dotted border=13 mm.; diameter of reverse border=13 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Obol
13 x 14 mm.
0.65 gm.
Mitchiner ACW ; Sellwood ISC ; Gobl SN I/1 (plate II/25 (this coin))
Diameter of obverse dotted border=12 mm.; diameter of reverse border=13 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Göbl plate coin; ex-Foroughi. Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Obol
14 mm.
0.57 gm.
Göbl SN Ia/1; SNS IIc/1a
Diameter of obverse dotted border=13 mm.; diameter of reverse border=13 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust facing left.
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
Billon Tetradrachm
27 x 26 mm.
12.34 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=26 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
28 x 26 mm.
15.89 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse: Very, very unusual for the attendants' headgear to have globes.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
17 x 19 mm.
3.46 gm.
Göbl SN I/1; SNS IIc/1a or 1b Mint: "Merv"
Diameter of obverse dotted border=14 mm.; diameter of reverse border=15 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
13 x 15 mm.
1.41 gm.
Göbl SN I/1; SNS IIc/1a or 1b
Diameter of obverse dotted border=n/a; diameter of reverse border=n/a
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
15 mm.
1.86 gm.
Göbl SN I/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=13 mm.; diameter of reverse border=n/a
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl II issue: Crown without earflaps

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
25 mm.
4.30 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
27 x 26 mm.
4.24 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
24 mm.
4.21 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
25 mm.
4.26 gm.
Mitchiner ACW 809v.; Sellwood ISC 12 (type I); Göbl SN II/1 (plate II/30)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse: Bearded bust of king right, wearing turreted headdress without ear flaps and globe above; no pellets on globe. Large pellet behind crown and smaller one in left field. Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing outward holding spears. No ornaments above altar. Pahlavi legend.
Note: Courtesy William B. Warden, Jr. collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AR Drachm
28 x 27 mm.
3.88 gm.
Göbl SN II/1 [plate II/29 (this coin)]
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Holed; ex-mount. Unusual style.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
30 x 27 mm.
10.49 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=n/a
Die position=9h
Obverse: Bust right. Traces of undertype.
Reverse: Altar and attendants. Traces of undertype.
Note: Overstruck on Ardashir I and Son type (Göbl SN VII)

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
25 x 26 mm.
10.51 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=5h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
27 x 29 mm.
9.95 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=n/a
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Jamison T. Graff collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
29 x 26 mm.
11.64 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=n/a; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=7h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
28 x 27 mm.
12.29 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=n/a; diameter of reverse border=n/a
Die position=10h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
27 x 29 mm.
10.71 gm.
Göbl SN II/1
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse border=26 mm.
Die position=8h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Gobl III issue: Crown with swept-back earflaps

See: Gobl SN Plate 2, 32 for drachm example.

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
16 x 17 mm.
2.71 gm.
Göbl SN III/1; SNS IIc/1a or 1b Mint: "Merv"
Diameter of obverse dotted border=n/a; diameter of reverse border=14 mm.
Die position=5h
Obverse: Obverse type not listed in Gobl.
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl - issue: "Merv Horseman" types

Shapur I/King of Merv under Shapur I
AE Unit
c. 240 - 260 AD and later
17 mm.
2.62 gm.
Loginov-Nikitin 'Type I' (see Plate 4, 127); Göbl SN -; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=15 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Die position=8h
Obverse: Bust right. Tamgha (?) in front of bust.
Reverse: Horseman riding left.
Note: Loginov-Nikitin, Mesopotamia XXVIII, Sasanian Coins of the Third Century From Merv (1993)

Ardashir (?), King of Merv under Shapur I
AE Unit
c. 240 - 260 AD and later
Alram 1218A; Mitchiner ACW -
17 x 16 mm.
2.01 gm.
Die position= 4h
Obverse: Diademed bust, right.
Reverse: Horseman, left, holding diadem (?) in his outstretched right hand. Trace of legend.
Note: Loginov-Nikitin, Mesopotamia XXVIII, Sasanian Coins of the Third Century From Merv (1993). Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.

Gobl - issue: Crown of pearls

Shapur I (240 - 270 AD)
AE Unit
17 x 16 mm.
3.28 gm.
Göbl SN - (see Gobl Hormazd I [plate 3, #37])
Diameter of obverse dotted border=16 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.