Hemidrachm - Varhran II type X/3

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.