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Also Known As Narseh
Died c.302
Title / Office king (293-302), Persia
House / Dynasty Sasanian dynasty

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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
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Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
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Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
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Ancient rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, depicting the surrender of Roman emperor Valerian to Persian king Shapur, with Shapur on horseback and Valerian kneeling before him.
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