390, Lot: 287. Estimate $50. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Countermarked DA (Dārābgird) mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) II dated RY 41(?). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; trace of
’pd in outer margin; c/m:
w in Pahlavi above CΛOΓO or CΛOTO in Baktrian, 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 –; for c/m: Göbl,
Dokumente KM 38. Good VF, toning in devices, small pit on obverse.