82, Lot: 24. Estimate $150. Sold for $128. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Circa 7th Century AD. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.04 gm). Countermarked Arab-Sasanian drachm of 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, Bishapur mint, year AH 44 (664/665 AD). Crowned bust right in the style of Khusru II; c/m:
senmerv (winged lion) in margin / Fire altar with attendants; date and mint. Cf. Walker
Arab-Sassanian pg.47, 69. Good VF, test scrape in reverse margin.