Obol - Bahram V

Bahram V — Bahram-e Gur, "the Wild Ass" — is among the most romanticized figures in Sasanian history, his reign celebrated in Persian poetry for hunting exploits and romantic adventures long after his death. The obol denomination itself was a marginal fraction, likely produced for small transactions in a monetized economy that still relied heavily on the drachm for serious commerce. These tiny flans were struck with the same die-cutting care as larger denominations but suffered accordingly in handling — finding one with centered, undamaged fields is genuinely uncommon.