Drachm - Yazdgard II type I/1

Yazdgard II spent much of his reign fighting a two-front ideological war: suppressing Christianity in the western provinces under Zoroastrian pressure, and holding back the Kidarite Huns along the northeastern frontier. The coinage funded both campaigns without pause. His 438 accession came just as the Eastern Roman and Sasanian empires renewed the peace of 422, briefly stabilizing the western border and freeing resources for the Hunnic problem — which was never fully solved in his lifetime.

The Göbl Type I/1 classification reflects the earliest die grouping of his reign, before workshop practices diverged across the provincial mints.