Watch List notes:

HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king. AE (Bronze, 15 mm, 1.10 g, 3 h), early anonymous Clan ruler. Uncertain mint, late 4th to early 5th centuries. Draped bust to right, wearing the crown of Shapur II and with large ribbon emerging from left shoulder; to right, tamgha. Rev. Large Alchon tamgha. Vondrovec, Type 37B. Very rare. Light scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From a collection of coins from Central Asia.

This coin is among the earliest issues of the Alchon tribe to copy Sasanian prototypes.