Pashiz - Yazdgerd I

Lead pashiz issues of Yazdgerd I occupy an awkward position in Sasanian monetary history — the base-metal coinage was never prestige currency, and most examples circulated hard before being discarded. Yazdgerd I himself was an anomaly among Sasanian rulers: his relatively tolerant policies toward Christians and Jews earned him the epithet "the Sinner" from Zoroastrian clergy, who considered his reign a theological embarrassment.

The lead fabric is notoriously fragile, which accounts for the high attrition rate among surviving specimens.