Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 710. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDIEVAL. HUNNIC TRIBES. Alchon Huns. Khingila. Circa 440-490 AD. AR Drachm (3.64 gm, 12h). Gandhara mint. King riding horse right; sun or flower in right field, Brahmi legend around / Horse and ram facing each other, solar standard between them. Alram, Alchon Em. 106-7 var. (obverse symbol); Göbl, "Iranisch-Hunnische Münzen, 1. Nachtrag," Iranica Antiqua XVI (1981), Em. 106A var. (no tamgha); Göbl, Dokumente -; MACW 1575 var. (same; Kingdom of Zabul). Near EF, typical flat strike on reverse, light encrustation. Very rare. ($2000)