Lot 6-073. Hephthalites, Nezak Huns. Vakhu Deva. Ca. 720 A.D.. AR drachm. Mint in Zabulistan or Seistan.

Hephthalites, Nezak Huns. Vakhu Deva. Ca. 720 A.D.. AR drachm (31.2 mm, 3.20 g, 12 h). Mint in Zabulistan or Seistan. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right, with lion's head between the wings; Brahmi legends in fields, Baktrian legend around rim. C/M below neck: tamgha / Fire altar with two attendants and ribbons; Pahlevi legends in fields, Baktrian legend around rim. Göbl 244; MACW 1560. gVF. 

The Hephthalites, also known as White Huns, were a nomadic people who lived across northern China, Central Asia, and northern India in the fourth through sixth centuries. The term Hephthalite derives from Greek, supposedly a rendering of Hayathelite (from the term Haital = "Big/Powerful" in the dialect of Bukhara), the name used by Persian writers to refer to a 6th century empire on the northern and eastern periphery of their land. As a group they appear to be distinct from the Huns who migrated to Europe in the Fourth Century CE.

 

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