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Drachm - Varhran II type II/1
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 276-293 |
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| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (276-293) - Göbl# II/1 - ND (276-293) - SNS#139 (Type II/1 - 3.77 g.) Style B - |
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Vahram II ruled a Sasanian Empire under simultaneous pressure from Rome in the west and internal dynastic challengers from within his own family — his brother Hormizd, who briefly seized power in the eastern provinces, forced a political crisis that Vahram resolved through negotiation rather than open war. The coinage from this period functioned as an instrument of legitimacy, issued across a reign defined more by diplomatic maneuvering than military triumph.
The type II/1 classification in Göbl's system places this among the earlier emissions of the reign, before progressive die evolution produced the later subtypes Schaaf's SNS corpus carefully distinguishes.