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404, Lot: 342. Estimate $100.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (35mm, 3.66 g, 5h). Countermarked Arab-Sasanian type MY (Mēšān) mint issue. In the name and types of Khosrau II, dated AH 48 in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbia in Arabic in outer margin; ; c/m: CΛOΓO or CΛOTO in Baktrian with tamgha above, trace of two pellets to left; all within incuse / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SICA I –; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian pl. 2, 6 (example with c/m); Album A6; ICV 2; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 33. Good VF, cleaning marks.