SASANIAN KINGS. Bahram II, 276-293. Drachm (Silver, 28 mm, 4.05 g, 3 h). Diademed and draped bust of Bahram I to right, wearing winged crown with a great korymbos on top; long beard with two rings and thick tufts of curly hair at the back; two ribbons rising from behind head; small bust to left, wearing cap with long earflaps and horse’s head; deteriorated legend along the dotted rim, ‘mzdysn bgy wrhrʾn MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn W ʾnyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn’, i.e. ‘mazdēsn bay Wahrām šāhān šāh Ērān ud Anērān kē čihr az yaz(a)dān’ (‘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 regal attendants holding scepters, the one on the left wearing winged crown with a great korymbos on top, the other wearing mural crown; to left and right deteriorated legend, ‘ʾtwry ZY ˗ wrhrʾn’, i.e. ‘ādur ī Wahrām’ (‘Fire of Bahram’ in Pahlavi). Göbl type IV/1. SNS II, type III/1. Very rare and lightly toned. Areas of weakness and cracks, otherwise, extremely fine.