CNG 88, Lot: 658. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain clan chief. Before circa AD 440. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.12 g, 3h). Imitating Sasanian king Shahpur II. Crowned bust right; tamgha to right / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; uncertain object (bird?) right in flames. Cf. SNS III, E34 and E 36; cf. Alram, Alchon 2; cf. Göbl, Dokumente Em. 36 and 39. Near VF, porous. Very rare.