Watch List notes:

HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Yabghu of the Bactrians, circa 650-700. Drachm (Silver, 34 mm, 4.41 g, 3 h), uncertain mint in Baktria or Zabulistan. Draped and bearded Sasanian style bust of Yabghu to right, wearing crown with two crescent attached to diadem and buffalo's head flanked by wings; behind head, blundered NYCKY MLKA ('Nezak King' in Pahlawi); before head, YBGW BHLK'N ('Yabghu of the Bactrians' in Pahlawi); in outer margins, three tamgha-in-crescent. Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; to left, blundered date in Pahlawi; to right, blundered Z'WLST ('Zabulistan' in Pahlawi). Göbl -. Vondrovec, Type 265. Some deposits and the flan bent and straightened, otherwise, good very fine.


From a collection of coins from Central Asia.