270, Lot: 177. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Uncertain. Circa 7th century AD. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.57 g, 3h). Imitating a Sasanian drachm of Hormazd IV from the Balkh mint, dated RY 11. Countermarks of Phromo Kesaro, applied late 7th to early 8th centuries AD. Crowned bust right; c/m: human head left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; c/m: ΦPOPO in Baktrian. Göbl, Dokumente -; D. Schnädelbach ONS Newsletter 169 (Spring 2001), p. 3; for c/m’s: Göbl, Dokumente KM -, cf. 59. Host coin and c/m’s VF, lightly toned.