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Drachm - Bahram V
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 420-438 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bahram V — known in Persian literary tradition as Bahram-e Gur, "Bahram of the Onager," for his celebrated hunting exploits — ruled at a moment when Sasanian silver production was consolidating around a single, highly standardized royal type. His reign saw intermittent conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire and a significant war with the Kidarites on the northeastern frontier, both of which placed real demands on the treasury. The dies for this issue follow the Göbl I/2 classification, placing it among the earlier workshop groupings of his seventeen-year reign.