Hi,
The
Sasanian did issue Gold and Copper coinage.
Gold coinage appears to have been issued only for special ceremonial occasions and to link back to
Achaemenid times, not for general commerce. Minor
Sasanian coinage in copper and silver exist as well but are generally much harder to find than the
drachm. It could well be that the
Sasanian economy was more feudal and thus
military and tax payments were the main things for which coins were used. If daily labor and goods and services were basically bartered it would explain why there are so few remaining minor coins when compared with
Byzantine coins from the same period.
