Rare and very well preserved for this difficult issue
Lot 1112
HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Zabulistan. Spur Martan Shah, late 7th century. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.39 g), Zabulistan, RY 35 (?) = AD 625 (frozen date). Sasanian-style draped bust facing, wearing Khosrau II’s elaborate winged crown; to left, ‘GDE ʾp̄zwt’ = ‘xwarrah abzūd’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); to right, ‘spwl hwtyp’ = ‘Spur xwadēw’ (‘King Spur’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘PWN [ŠM Y yẕ]dt' spwl bg hwtyp whmʾnʾc mltʾn MLKA’ = ‘pad nām ī yaz(a)d. Spur bay xwadēw. Wahmānāz Mardān šāh’ (‘In the name of God. Lord [and] King Spur. Wahmanaz Martan Shah’ in Pahlavi). Rev. Bust of the goddess Anāhitā facing with nimbus of flames; to left, ‘pnc sy(?) zʾwlstʾn’ = ‘panj sī Zāwulistān’ (‘35, Zabulistan’ in Pahlavi); to right, citing Vasudeva, the ruler of Zabulistan, ‘śrī vasudevaḥ’ (‘His Highness Vasudeva’ in Brahmi script); in the outer margin, illegible legend in Pahlavi. Vondrovec 216. Rare and very well preserved for this difficult issue. Some deposits and scratches, and with a plugged hole, otherwise, good very fine.
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