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Hemidrachm - Varhran II type X/3
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 276-293 |
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| Reference(s) | Göbl Sasan#X/3, SNS Schaaf#131 |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
| Obverse lettering | 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭 |
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Varhran II ruled for seventeen years but governed a fractured empire — his reign saw simultaneous pressure from Roman campaigns under Carus and Carinus in the east and persistent unrest among regional dynasts. The hemidrachm denomination under the Sasanians was never a high-volume issue; these small silver fractions served specific transactional needs in a monetary system still consolidating after Ardashir I's break from Parthian coinage norms.
The Göbl X/3 classification places this piece within a tightly defined die group. Schaaf 131 cross-reference confirms the attribution but examples reconciling both citations in dealer stocks remain infrequent.