Western Turks, AE drachm, Tegin of Khorasan, Type 206
$399
Iranian Huns. Turk Shahi Kings of Kabul and Gandhara. Tegin of Khorasan (after 680 – around 738 AD)
AE drachm (3.16 g, 30.5 – 31.5 mm)
OBVERSE: Bust in profile view right; wearing a crown with two big tridents mounted at the diadem (or crescents with an upright stroke inside), a large crescent with a dot on top, two wings left and right; two ribbons (or snakes?) emerge from the left, wing; two ribbons r attached to the necklace.
Bactrian: 1h (r.o.) opu toywo Þa()o (“His Perfection, Tegin, the King”)
REVERSE: Fire altar, two attendants with wings and bent legs. Pahlavi: 3h (l.i.) yst (?). 9h (l.o.) ab (both often unclear). Brahmi: right of the altar-shaft (r.o.) sriya deva (“made god by Sri”?). Left of the altar-shaft (r.i.): pattaśri (perfection through the royal fillet”?)
The attendants could be Kinnaras, mythical half man halfbird creatures, as suggested by Filigenzi, but the “attendants” have human legs
Vondrovec Type 206
Choice VF. Nice dark deep patina. RARE
References:
Z-157064 (this coin)
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