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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2054789, member: 44140&quot;]The first arrival of 2015 is kicked off with what IMHO is a very nice drachm of Shah Varhran IV (Bahram IV) ruling Persia AD 388-399. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bahram IV was a relatively weak ruler whose enemies gained strength during his reign. Armenia succeeds from Persia and favors independence and Roman endorsement. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Huns strike from the North and ravaged the land. Bahram managed to kill many Huns and returned all the riches and captives that were taken in AD 395.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bahram is betrayed by his domestic enemies and is surrounded and shot with arrows. He is succeeded by Yazdegard I and thus begins the Middle Sassanian Period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perisa</p><p>Shah Varhran IV AD 388-399</p><p>AR Drachm 23 mm x 3.82 grams</p><p>Obverse: Bust of Varhran IV wearing a winged merlon crown with korymbos.</p><p>Reverse: Zoroastrian fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants No Legend.</p><p>Ref: Gobl Type I/3</p><p>Note; Choice EF. Light area of porosity.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]378047[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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