CNG 106, Lot: 600. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Phromo Kesaro. Circa 738/9-745 AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.20 g, 12h). Zabul mint. Crowned Sassanian style bust right; corrupted spwl in Pahlavi; phromo kesaro zeoro bo(go) xodeo (in Bactrian) in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by two attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 247. Good VF, toned, whisper of weak strike at periphery.

From the Nisa Collection.