254, Lot: 169. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Uncertain. Circa 7th century AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.40 g, 4h). Imitating a Sasanian drachm of Hormazd IV from the Balkh mint, dated RY 11. Countermarks of Phromo Kesaro, applied late 7th to early 8th centuries AD, and Sahi Tigin. Crowned bust right; c/m’s: human head left and tamgha / Fire altar, attendants flanking; c/m: ΦPOPO in Baktrian. Göbl, Dokumente -; D. Schnädelbach ONS Newsletter 169 (Spring 2001), p. 3. For c/m’s: Göbl, Dokumente KM -, 59 var., and 14. Host coin Good Fine, c/m’s VF or better.