While there is no numismatic evidence which confirms the statement that he struck money in the name of the younger Chosroes, there are extant three types of his coins, two of which appear to belong to the time before he seated himself upon the throne, while one--the last--belongs to the period of his actual sovereignty.

In his preregnal coins, he copied the devices of the last sovereign of his name who had ruled over Persia.

He adopted the mural crown in a decided form, omitted the stars and crescents, and placed his own head amid the flames of the fire-altar.

His legends were either _Varahran Chub_, "Bahram of the mace," or _Varahran, maljcan malka, mazdisn, bagi, ramashtri_, "Bahram, king of kings, Ormazd-worshipping, divine, peaceful." [PLATE XXIII, Fig.

2.] The later coins follow closely the type of his predecessor, Hormisdas IV., differing only in the legend, which is, on the obverse, _Varahran afzun_, or "Varahran (may he be) greater;" and on the reverse the regnal year, with a mint-mark.