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bgr_912498 - HEPHTHALITES HUNNIC Drachme

HEPHTHALITES HUNNIC Drachme AU
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250.00 €(Approx. 267.50$ | 215.00£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 720
Mint name / Town : atelier incertain (Zabulistan ou Seistan)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Morgan-  - Mit.1561 p. 242 - Göbl Hunnen-

Obverse

Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN BRAHMI.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé à droite ; grènetis perlé circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN BRAHMI.
Reverse description : Deux prêtres autour de l’autel du feu ; grènetis perlé circulaire.

Commentary

Contremarque au droit ainsi qu’un petit insert au droit sur le cou du Roi.

Historical background

HEPHTHALITES HUNNIC

(4th-6th century AD)

The Hephthalite Huns are one of the three branches of the Huns, Ye-t'a of the Chinese. Confined to the north of the Great Wall of China, they were driven out in the 3rd century AD. They were first beaten in 425 by the Iranians, but Peroz, Sassanid king found death while fighting them in 484. They were also repulsed by Chandragupta, but they succeeded in seizing Gandhâra and reduced the Gupta Empire. Finally it was Chosroes I (539-579) who put an end to the Hephthalite hegemony in 567.

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