Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1071. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ALCHON HUNS. Khingila or Miirosano, as Sha Zobolo,, or "Lord of Zabul." Circa 440-490 AD. Billon Drachm (3.45 gm). Late issue of Hadda-Gandhara, struck circa 470-480 AD. Tall crowned bust with earring right; thunderbolt to right / No type. Göbl Hunnen -; Göbl Nachtrage 96A = MACW 1432. Extremely rare, perhaps only the second known example. EF, uncleaned. ($300) 

This rare type was not known at the time of Göbl's original publication in 1967, but then the same specimen was published twice, once in MACW and then by Göbl. The partially visible legend appears to include "Miro" of the name Miirosano, but oddly rendered. The new device in the right field appears somewhat enigmatic, as it is listed as a Thunderbolt by Göbl and a shield by Mitchener. Göbl's analysis of the symbol is probably correct, but the symbol may have a secondary function of representing sacred fire. The dual-rhombus resembles the fire depicted in the altar of Em. 136, etc. only doubled. Through the metanymic representational device of synecdoche (allowing a part to represent a whole), the symbol ideologically replaces the entire fire-altar design missing from the reverse.