Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Hunnic Tribes, Hephthalites AR Drachm. Before AD 700. Imitating Umayyad governor Salm ibn Ziyad, MRW (Marw) mint. Blundered date AH 63 = AD 682. Crowned sasanian style bust right, with title in Pahlevi; "bismillah" in margin; c/m: Sogdian tamgha / Fire altar, attendants flanking, within three outer rings. Cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian 133-5; Cf. c/m Göbl, dok 3 and 111. 3.27g, 34mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a Student.
This important type finds its prototype in an issue of Khorasan. The obverse is very closely related to the style of Darabjird, but the reverse cites Marw mint (modern day Turkmenistan). These two locations are nearly 1,000 miles removed from each other, indicating that the Huns imitating the two issues were not partial to which governor's issue or mint was imitated.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a Student.
This important type finds its prototype in an issue of Khorasan. The obverse is very closely related to the style of Darabjird, but the reverse cites Marw mint (modern day Turkmenistan). These two locations are nearly 1,000 miles removed from each other, indicating that the Huns imitating the two issues were not partial to which governor's issue or mint was imitated.