Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Oriental Greek Coinage, NEZAK HUNS, Phromo Kesaro (c. 680-700), Drachm, imitating a type of the Sasanian ruler Hormizd IV, with mintname ‘bhl’ (Balkh) and date yr ‘11’, countermarked with head left in obv. margin and Bactrian phoro in rev. margin, 3.45g/3h (cf. Schnädelbach, ONS Journal 169, pp. 3-4). Very fine £60-£80