 He is said to have built many great fire-temples, with large gardens and villages (Tabari).The coins of Bahram V are chiefly remarkable for their crude and coarse workmanship and for the number of the mints from which they were issued.The mint-marks include Ctesiphon, Hamadan, Spahan, Arbela, Ledan, Nahavand, Asoristan, Khuzistan, Media, and Kirman.