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Drachm - Bahram I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 273-276 |
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| Reference(s) | Sunrise#759 |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
| Obverse lettering | 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭 |
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Bahram I ruled for just three years before dying of illness in 276 AD, leaving a reign too short to generate the enormous mint output associated with longer-lived Sasanian kings. He is historically notable for authorizing the execution of Mani, founder of Manichaeism, in 274 or 276 AD — a decision driven partly by Zoroastrian priestly pressure from Kartir, the powerful high priest who effectively shaped religious policy across multiple reigns.
Sunrise 759 places this issue within a tightly defined die sequence. The relative brevity of production keeps well-preserved examples genuinely scarce on the market.