Obol - Hormazd II type I/1a

Hormazd II ruled for just eight years before dying — possibly by assassination — leaving behind a succession crisis that would briefly produce one of the most obscure reigns in Sasanian history. His coinage is comparatively scarce across all denominations, and the obol in particular was struck in limited volume relative to the drachm series. The SNS Schaaf classification draws on the Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum corpus, which remains the authoritative die study for early Sasanian silver.