297, Lot: 143. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (34mm, 3.44 g, 3h). Imitation muling an obverse of the Zubayrid governor ‘Abd Allāh ibn Khazim and a reverse of the Umayyad governor 'Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād from the BCRA mint, dated AH 63 (AD 682/3). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; no
bismallah in margin; c/m: Sogdian legend / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Unpublished, but see Göbl,
Dokumente KM79 for countermark. Good VF, toned, deposits. Interesting.