Yazdegerd I was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III, he succeeded his brother Bahram IV after the latter's assassination.
5th-century plate of Yazdegerd I slaying a stag.
Drachma of Bahram IV (r. 388–399)
Solidus of Arcadius (r. 383–408)
Gold dinar of Shapur II (r. 309–379)
Shapur III, was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 383 to 388. He was the son of Shapur II and succeeded his uncle Ardashir II.
Yazdegerd I
…Yazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III (r. 383–388), he succeeded his brother Bahram IV (r. 388–399) after the latter's assassination. The largely uneventful reign of Yazdegerd I is seen in…
A depiction of a king killing a leopard on the "Klimova Plate" (Hermitage Museum), presumed to be Shapur III
Gold dinar of Shapur III, Sindh mint
Relief of Shapur III (left) and Shapur II (right).
19th-century drawing of the relief from a book of George Rawlinson.