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Amazing Mint State Sasanian Empire Bahram V, AD 420-438 AR Drachm WH mint (Veh-Ardaxsir) Crowned bust/Fire Altar Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; Middle Persian), also known as Bahram Gur (New Persian, "Bahram the onager [hunter]"), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Bahram was at an early age sent to the Lahkmid court in al-Hira, where he was raised under the tutelage of the Lakhmid kings. After the assassination of his father, Bahram hurried to the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon with a Lakhmid army, and won the favour of the nobles and priests, according to a long-existing popular legend, after withstanding a trial against two lions. Bahram V is remembered as one of the most famous kings in Iranian history, due to his cancellation of taxes and public debt at celebratory events, his encouragement of musicians, and his enjoyment of hunting.