Rare small 1/2 obol, Gandharan type with a standard, issued ca.475-576 AD, Western Provinces issue, Hephthalites

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Bust right wearing bull headdress; no legend, tamgha behind bust, standard in front of the bust / Attendants and a fire altar, derived from the Sassanian coins. 15mm, 0.57 grams. M itchiner ACW type 1541 (unlisted for hemiobol, only for obol). These rare coins imitated the coinage of Peroz. Their production was stopped with the Western Turks overran the Western Afghanistan area in 576 AD. Show more