Initial "A" in pahlavan text, popular among litterate commoners:
"Army of Iran trembles the ground" and "Arta" below in avestan text.
"Iran" in black, avestan text and "Parsa" in pahlavan text.
This bull may not look as agressive as the lion, but indeed it is.
Animal depictions were common and an Elephant was a common sight to any Persian. Below it says "Arta" in avestan.
This is not as sinister as it may look... Although Iranshahr means "Aryan empire" this symbol was common throughout all the ancient world and the Iranians at that time were far from being Nazi, Iranshahr was perhaps the most humane and tolerant society on earth at the time.
This old shield has darkened after years of fighting Rome under hot sun, but "Parsa" is still visible. Below are the soldier's initials.
And last but not least this one is a bit unique, it belonghs to a rich middle classed Persian, that is trying to get into nobility but it's proving difficult, so he doesen't have the right to fight with heavy cavalry; his shield is a bit heavier but smaller than others and his equipment has more gold on it, he is very ambitious indeed, but he is still one of them persian heavy spearmen.
And forgive my lazynes...