Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1002. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KHWARAZMIAN KINGS. Sawshafan. Mid 8th century AD. AR Drachm (3.16 gm). Crowned head of King right / King on horseback right, holding bow. Rtvelazde 49; Zeimal pg. 262, 7; cf. Mitchiner, The Early Coinage of Central Asia, 71. Near EF, lightly toned. ($1000)

Many areas in central Asia used Sasanian or Sasanian-style drachms for their currency. The Khwarazmians instead used drachms of their own design which portray the king wearing a turban-like crown on the obverse and the 'Khwarazmian Horseman' on the reverse.