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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Central Asian; Hephthalite
Title:Drachm of "DRC"
Date Made:540-579 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Central Asia
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.36
Credit Line:Purchase with the Marian Hayes (Class of 1925) Art Purchase Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Currently on view

Description:
Obverse: Crowned bust of king facing right, surrounded by band, with bull head? above crown and crescent symbols in margin.
Obverse legend: ["DRC" in right field, Pahlavi?]
Reverse: Fire altar flanked by attendtants, star and crescent above, band surrounding.
Reverse legend: [pseudo-inscriptions replacing regnal year in left field and mint mark in right field]

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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