bgr_354291 - HEPHTHALITES HUNNIC Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 476-576
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Frappe molle et faible au revers. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux prêtres autour de l’autel du feu.
Commentary
Cette drachme d’après Mitchiner fut fabriquée dans les provinces occidentales entre 475 et 576. Région de Kaboul et de Zaboul, inscription en pelhvi.
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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