Iranian Huns. Western Turks. Bactrian Yabghus (7-8 cent. AD). AR drachm (3.66g)

Iranian Huns. Western Turks. Bactrian Yabghus (end of VII / first half of VIII c. AD)

AR drachm (3.66 g, 31 – 32 mm)

OBVERSE: bust in profile view right, mustache; wearing crown with two crescents attached to the diadem, a pair of wings and a buffalo’s head on top. Outside the margin at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock a crescent with Tamga (S 61). Pahlavi: at 11h “nycky MLKA” (corrupted) at 10h “ybgw b’lk” (Yabghu of the Bactrians)

REVERSE: Pahlavi at 10h unclear [year], at 2h “Zabulistan”, but very unclear

Vondrovec Type 265

Central flan crack, othervise XF

Extremely RARE