SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram I, 273-276. Obol (Silver, 15 mm, 0.60 g, 3 h). Draped bust of Bahram I to right, wearing a radiate crown with a great korymbos on top; two ribbons rising from behind head; along the dotted rim running anticlockwise from 11 h to 1 h, ‘mzdysn bgy wrhrʾn MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn W ʾnyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn’ = ‘mazdēsn bay Wahrām šāhān šāh Ērān ud Anērān kē čihr az yazadān’ (‘The Mazda-worshipping Lord, Bahram, King of Kings of the Iranians and Non-Iranians, whose essence is from the gods’ in Pahlavi). Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants, wearing different crowns; to right and left, ‘NWRA ZY ˗ wrhrʾn’ = ‘ādur ī Wahrām’ (‘Fire of Bahram’ in Pahlavi); pellets flanking the flames. Göbl type I/1. Cf. SNS II, type I(1)/1aa(1a) [drachm]. Very rare. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine.