Bust facing right with two different tamghas of the Kobadiens on either side and Bactrian legend below, all with obverse countermarks of types 1 and 2.
Lettering:ALCHOON
Translation:
Alchono (Alchon Huns)
Reverse
Fire altar with attendants on either side, all with reverse countermarks of types 2 and 3.
Edge
Smooth.
Comments
The prototype is a Sasanian drachm of Peroz I (459-484).
Three known hoards of these Peroz imitations have been found. The first hoard contained 53 coins with the obverse countermark 1 and the reverse countermark 1. The second hoard contained coins with the same countermarks as the first one, but with the addition of reverse countermark 2. The third hoard countained around 500 coins, all with the same countermarks as the second hoard but with the addition of obverse countermarks 2, 3, and 4 (although not all on the same pieces); and the additional reverse countermark 3.
Five examples are known with the obverse countermark 3 and only one example is known with the obverse countermark 4.
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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