Hunnic Countermark on an Issue of ‘Abdallah ibn Khazim

407, Lot: 252. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (35mm, 3.21 g, 5h). Countermarked MRW (Merv) mint issue of ‘Abdallah ibn Khazim, Zubayrid 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/m: ‘annulet-in-crescent’ tamgha / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian p. 90, ANS. 12 (example without c/m); Album 18; ICV 16; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 14. VF, darkly toned.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.