| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2131 Price realized: 30 CHF (Approx. 34 USD / 32 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.51 g, 3 h), imitating a drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590) from Balkh. Uncertain mint in Bactria, after 589. Draped bust of Hormizd IV to right, wearing elaborate mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; behind head, AFZUT ('may increase' in Pahlawi); before head, WHLMZD ('Hormizd' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, countermark of a helmeted head of a Huna, wearing an earring. Rev. Fire altar flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date in Pahlawi (RY 11 = AD 589); to right, BHL (Balkh, name of the mint in Pahlawi); in outer marigin, countermark of oboρo in Bactrian. Vondrovec, type O.IV. A few light deposits and with a minor die break on the reverse, otherwise, fine. From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
