379, Lot: 244. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.45 g, 3h). Countermarked issue YZ (Yazd) mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) II dated RY 35. Crowned Sassanian style bust right; c/ms: winged senmurv left right (2) and ankuśa with ku in Brahmi; all in incuse / Fire altar flanked by attendants; RY date to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SC Tehran 3991-4005; for c/ms: cf. Göbl, Dokumente KM 3, 7, and 21. VF, toned, slightly wavy flan.