HEPHTHALITE: Samaratranara, early 8th century, AE drachm (3.85g), G-259, Sasanian style bust, derived from various 5th century styles, name in Nagari to right / standard Sasanian reverse, with star-and-crescent marks in margin, as on the drachms of Khusro II and the Arab-Sasanian drachms, Very Good to Fine, RR. Göbl regarded this type as unique, when writing inthe 1970s.
Estimate: 150-200 USD