Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 707. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDIEVAL. HUNNIC TRIBES. Kidarites. Uncertain King. 5th century AD. AR Drachm (4.07 gm, 2h). Imitating Sasanian king Shahpur III. Crowned bust right; degraded legend before / Fire altar with attendants and ribbon; bust right in flames. Cf. Göbl, Dokumente, Em. 29; cf. MACW 1318 (Bahram III Kushanshah). Good VF, light porosity. ($300)

The highly degraded legends and stylistic anomalies set this coin apart from the published specimens, and suggest that this may be a later imitation.