Nezak Huns, AR Drachm ND (c. AD 550-600) - Anonymous 'Nezak Malka'

Nezak Huns, AR Drachm ND (c. AD 550-600) – Anonymous 'Nezak Malka'
3.10g. 30mm. AU/UNC. Beautiful specimen with well-defined relief details. A rare state of preservation for this type. Obv.: King's bust to right, wearing a winged crown with bull's head; Pahlavi legend. Rev.: Fire altar between two attendants with wheel symbols either side of flames. Mitchiner ACW 1507-1509; Göbl Hunnen type 198; Vondrovec ā-group. Perhaps minted by a local dynasty in the Kabul Valley. The Nezak Shahi kingdom was a polity of Hunnic/Hephthalite origin, located in the Kabul Valley and dating from the late fifth to the mid-seventh century AD. The history of this kingdom is primarily evidenced through its coinage.