Complex sentence: Persian invasions were repeated in the following year, but now Uranius Antoninus, a descendant of the royal house of Emesa, confronted Sapor but he also decided to mint coins with his image upon them.
Split into simpler sentences: Persian invasions were repeated in the following year, but now Uranius Antoninus, a descendant of the royal house of Emesa, confronted Sapor. However, he also decided to mint coins with his image upon them.