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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3385019, member: 99456&quot;][USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] I agree that there there should be a movie in the story.&nbsp; How did I miss this thread with one of my favorite stories linking my first coin to one of my most recent additions: Valerian and Shapur?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899053[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><b>Šābuhr (Shahpur)</b> I &quot;the Great&quot;</b>, AD 240-272. AR drachm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Bust of Shapur right, wearing diadem and mural crown with with <i>korymbos</i> and earflaps</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Fire altar flanked by two attendants (probably both the king as attendant of the fire), each wearing diadem and mural crowns.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> SNS type IIc/1a, style E, Group a</p><p><b>Size: </b>23.9-24.2mm 4.15g</p><p><br /></p><p>and the coin it should sit on top of - the first ancient I acquired :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899054[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Valerian I</b>, Sestertius, 253-254, Rome</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C P LIC VALERIANV PF AVG; Valerian I, laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FELICITAS AVGG / S C, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopia</p><p><b>Size: </b>23.5-26.2mm 15.2g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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