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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8268031, member: 84744&quot;]I love these.&nbsp; Going by the obverse legend, here is the very last version, from the mint nearest the action, Antioch:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458977[/ATTACH] </p><p>This comes just after a similar issue for Valerian II who died in 258.&nbsp; It also exists for Gallienus, but as far as I know there are only 2 in existence for Valerian.&nbsp; This suggests a very late issue that was cancelled after Valerian&#039;s capture.&nbsp; (There&#039;s some doubt as to when this was... could have been as early as 258, though the standard date for the Battle of Edessa is 260.)&nbsp; Anyway, this is from somewhere in the 258-260 range.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I expect these emerged from the Parthian tetradrachms.&nbsp; The earliest ones for Ardashir were directly borrowed from the Parthian issues, in low quality billon and weighing ~12g.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one (not mine):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458978[/ATTACH] </p><p>Later in Ardashir&#039;s reign these became larger with less silver, with a Sasanian rather than Parthian style crown (not my coin either): </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458996[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>which then leads to [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]&#039;s coin under Shapur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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