| VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 43 | Auction date: 27 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 130 Price realized: 48 USD (Approx. 44 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. imitating a drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590). AR Drachm (3.55 gm; 32 mm). Uncertain mint in Bactria, after AD 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 Fo?o in Bactrian (mostly off flan). Vondrovec, type O.IV. Choice VF. Lightly toned. Estimate: 80 USD Starting price: 48 USD |  |
