HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.45 g, 3h). Imitating an AH 64 drachm of Salm ibn Ziyad from the MRW (Merv) mint. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; no bismallah in outer margin; c/m: Sogdian legend and tamgha / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: cf. Walker 133-5 (for type with bismallah) and p. 82, C. 6 (for type without bismallah; Merv al-Rudh mint); cf. Album 18; CNG 60, lot 1096 (same dies); for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente, KM 79. Near EF, lightly toned.