Hunnic Tribes, Nekac Hephthalites(?) in Baktria and Sogdiana AR Drachm. Anonymous, late 7th century AD, imitating the Sasanian type of Hormizd IV. Crowned Sasanian-style bust to right, star above; 3 c/ms on border including OIO... / Fire altar flanked by attendants, star and crescent above. Unpublished in the standard references, for similar coin types cf. R. Göbl, Dokumente zur Geschichte der iranischen Hunnen in Baktrien und Indien, Wiesbaden 1967, Em 297, for c/ms cf. vol. IV, pls. 8-9; for similar c/ms cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian pp. cxli-cxlvi (Umayyad Caliphs and Governors). 2.75g, 27mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
From the Rubellite Collection.