259, Lot: 215. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. South Soghd. Anonymous. 7th century AD. AR Drachm (26mm, 2.51 g, 10h). Imitative host coin (type of Husrav [Khosrau] I) countermarked by “Sashro-Xidev,” ruler of Chaghaniyan. Crowned bust right; c/m’s: male head right (x3), Sasshro-Xidev in Baktrian script, tamgha of Chaghaniyan / Fire altar flanked by attendants, crescent and star flanking. Cf. Göbl, Dokumente 285; Rtzeladze 45 corr. (image reversed); for c/m’s: Göbl, Dokumente KM 91, 97, -. VF.

Ex Berk BBS 72 (4 August 1992), lot 191.