379, Lot: 243. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.75 g, 3h). Peroz-type Sasanian-style bust right; pseudo-Bactrian legend to right / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; pseudo-Bactrian legends to left and right; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl,
Hunnen] Type Pre 287 and 287 A-B; Zeno –; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. EF, traces of deposits, areas of porosity, small flan chip.