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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 7:33 pm Well today is an obscure coin day between Anoobs coin and this one. The Nezak Huns where a group of Iranian Huns the where in power from the 5th to 8th century in the Kabul region of Afghanistan and some of the surrounding regions. There coins are interesting because they take some of the aspects of Sassanian coinage the Zoroastrian Fire Altar reverse and add there own aspect. This being the Sun wheel or Rosette over the two attendents. A very interesting PDF on these coins can be downloaded here. https://www.academia.edu/880242/Coi...of_the_Nezak AR Drachm Nezak Shahs Obverse: Ruler facing right wearing a bull head crown. The legend on the right spells out the letters MLKA, the coin is attributed to Napti Malka. On the left is the letter Shin, which indicates the it was minted in Ghazni Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire altar with two attendants, rosettes above the attendants. 3.2 grams x 26 mm Die axis 10h s-type #222 Report this Post to the Staff

ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 7:56 pm I have one to add! It has a few issues but because of that it was budget-friendly :) It was purchased on a whim due to Noob's influence. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 8:11 pm Nice one, yours looks like the A-type #198. Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 8:22 pm I am still looking for the right one. Great choice. If I have inspired just one person I feel like its all worth it...hahaha Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 8:57 pm Nice coins 'echizento' and 'ThisIsFun', don't forget to compare them to the coins in https://goccf.com/t/187899 Report this Post to the Staff
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