375, Lot: 490. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (24mm, 1.94 g, 3h). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; c/ms: to left,
pncwyst’ in Pahlavi; above, head right, wearing headdress; “scrolled heart” design right / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: Göbl,
Dokumente Em. 290/4 (example with countermarks); for inscription c/m: Göbl,
Dokumente KM 89; for heart c/m: Göbl,
Dokumente KM 90; for head c/m: cf. Göbl,
Dokumente KM 91. VF, toned, earthen and hard green deposits.