Jon Baker Collection (Ancient)
Lot 3587 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Jon Baker Collection (Ancient)
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
TURKO-HEPHTHALITES OR LATER HUNNIC TRIBES (WHITE HUNS), (c.A.D. 600-799), silver imitative drachms, various types and mints mostly with countermarks, obv. crowned bust to right, rev. fire altar with attendants, (4), (cf.M.1397-1408, 1560); others from Sogdiana (Bokhara) (16) as debased types in base metal (cf.M.1395-1396); Hunnic Gurjara area (c.550 B.C.), silver drachms as pre-Gujarat coinage imitating issues of Peroz (457-483) a small hoard of (8) coins (cf.M.1476-1482). Several with green oxidation, a few lightly toned, several clipped, otherwise fine - nearly extremely fine. (28)
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