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Numismatic Auction 6  11 March 2014
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Lot 73

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
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Hephthalites, Nezak Huns. Vakhu Deva. Ca. 720 A.D.. AR drachm (31.2 mm, 3.20 g, 12 h). Mint in Zabulistan or Seistan. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right, with lion\'s head between the wings; Brahmi legends in fields, Baktrian legend around rim. C/M below neck: tamgha / Fire altar with two attendants and ribbons; Pahlevi legends in fields, Baktrian legend around rim. Göbl 244; MACW 1560. gVF.

The Hephthalites, also known as White Huns, were a nomadic people who lived across northern China, Central Asia, and northern India in the fourth through sixth centuries. The term Hephthalite derives from Greek, supposedly a rendering of Hayathelite (from the term Haital = "Big/Powerful" in the dialect of Bukhara), the name used by Persian writers to refer to a 6th century empire on the northern and eastern periphery of their land. As a group they appear to be distinct from the Huns who migrated to Europe in the Fourth Century CE.

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