Editing Bahram I (section)

== Coinage, appearance and habits ==
Under Bahram I, the reverse of [[Sasanian coinage|coins]] were changed back to the version minted during the reign of Shapur I, with two attendants turning their backs to the [[fire altar]], instead of facing it.{{sfn|Curtis|Stewart|2008|pp=24-25}} The front of Bahram I's coins shows him wearing the distinctive crown of the angelic divinity [[Mithra]]; a headgear decorated with ray-shaped spikes.{{sfn|Shahbazi|1988|pp=514–522}} A coin of Bahram was seemingly minted at [[Balkh]] in [[Bactria]], which makes it the first imperial Sasanian coin (i.e. not [[Kushano-Sasanian]]) minted in the former domains of the [[Kushan Empire]], and confirms direct Sasanian rule in the region under Bahram I.{{sfn|Curtis|Stewart|2008|p=25}} The lost ''Book of the Portraits of Sasanian Kings'' portrayed Bahram I as "standing, holding a lance in the right hand and leaning upon a sword held in the left, and wearing a red gown and trousers and a gold crown topped with a sky-blue globe".{{sfn|Shahbazi|1988|pp=514–522}}

Bahram I was keen on combat, hunting and feasting, which he regarded as righteousness.{{sfn|Shahbazi|1988|pp=514–522}}