402, Lot: 402. Estimate $75. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (35mm, 3.21 g, 5h). Countermarked MRW (Merv) mint issue of Salm ibn Ziyad, Umayyad governor of Khorasan, dated AH 64 (
in Pahlavi [AD 683/4]). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent; c/ms: forepart of senmerv right in incuse and ‘nnulet-in-crescent’ tamgha (2) / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SICA I –; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 133-5 (examples with different c/ms); Album 18; ICV 15; for c/ms: Göbl,
Dokumente cf. KM 3 (for type) and KM 14. VF, toned, wavy flan.