Drachm - Bahram V

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.