Live auction - bgr_830127 - HEPHTHALITES HUNNIC Drachme
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 155 € |
| Maximum bid : | 155 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 14:31:25 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 719
Mint name / Town : atelier incertain
Metal : billon
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Jolie contremarque. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé du roi de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Buste de Mithra de face, nimbé de flamme.
Commentary
Contremarque (dragon) au droit.
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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