 The weight of the coins also changed from 7.20 g to 4.20 g.

Besides the construction of the "war-i tāzigān" near al-Hira, Shapur II is also known to have created several other cities.He created a royal city called Eranshahr-Shapur, where he settled Roman prisoners of war.He also rebuilt and repopulated Nisibis in 363 with people from Istakhr and Spahan.