Göbl 206

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 206
28 mm.
2.65 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=26 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=27 mm.
Die position=10h
Obverse: Countermarked over bust (similar to Gobl countermark 106).
Reverse:

Göbl 240
Bactrian date χþovo ν' π' = xšono u' p' = "year 480" = 702/3 CE
(Nicholas Sims-Williams, Arab-Sasanian and Arab-Hephthalite Coinage, page 123, Studia Iranica 39 (2009))

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 240
30 mm.
3.07 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=28 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right; countermark.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.

AR Drachm
Gobl Hunnen Em. 240
30 x 29 mm.
3.87 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse: Bust right; Bactrian legend.
Reverse: Bactrian legends.
Note: Courtesy Robert A. Schaaf collection.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 242
27 mm.
3.04 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=25 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse:
Reverse:

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 243A
29 x 28 mm.
2.49 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=n/a mm.
Die position=9h (?)
Obverse: Fleur-de-lis in right field.
Reverse: Multiple strikes in pattern.

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 243 variant
28 mm.
2.81 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=26 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse: Bust right; countermark with Bactrian legend at 6h.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; "AY" to left. Possible Bactrian word ραμινο = "Ramin" (maybe a mint name) to right. Circle containing pellet, star to right of altar; variation of 'Gondopharan Symbol' to left.
Note: Please see Jonathan Lee and Nicholas Sims-Williams, The Antiquities and Inscription of Tang-i Safedak, Silk Road Art and Archaeology 9 (2003)

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Göbl Hunnen Em. 208
Obverse: Beardless, moustachioed bust, 3/4 right; Bactrian legend CPI ShOYO in front. Brahmi legend starting at 11h, read from outside SRI HITI VIRA KHARALAVA PARAMESVARA SRI VAHI TIGINA DEVAKARI TAM around. Bust wears device on garment/breast consisting of an anulet containing a pellet and crown with two crescents containing crosses, each topped with a pellet; Senmurv or lion head above (Gobl crown 45).
Reverse: Deity with flaming nimbus, facing; upraised diadem ends to either side. Device on garment/breast consisting of an anulet with a pellet above. Pahlavi legend around, all within single border. Between inner and outer border: three crescents containing stars at 9, 12 and 3h; two large anulets side by side at 6h.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 208
29 mm.
2.93 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=21 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse: 3/4 bust facing.
Reverse: Facing bust.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 208
29 mm.
3.19 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse border=27 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse: 3/4 bust facing.
Reverse: Facing bust.

Göbl Hunnen Em. 244
Obverse: Bust right. Brahmi and Bactrian legend.
Reverse: Altar and attendants facing. Pahlavi and Bactrian legend.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244
31 mm.
3.04 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=23 mm.
Die position=12h
Obverse: Bust right; 'thunderbolt' countermark.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.
Note: Holed.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244
31 x 30 mm.
2.87 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=22 mm.
Die position=1h
Obverse: Bust right.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.
Note: Holed and plugged.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244; Mitchiner ACW 1560
32 mm.
3.19 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse inner border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse outer border=31 mm.
Die position=10h
Obverse: Bust right.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244; Mitchiner ACW 1560
33 x 31 mm.
3.04 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=26 mm.; diameter of reverse inner border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse outer border=31 mm.
Die position=1h
Obverse: Gobl countermark 104 [Group III/Nezak Huns] (thunderbolt (?)).
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Alexander Akin collection.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244.15
32 mm.
3.11 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse border=25 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 244.15v.
31 mm.
2.60 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse inner border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse outer border=31 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse: Gobl countermark 104 [Group III/Nezak Huns] (thunderbolt or axe (?)), countermark 103 [Group III/Nezak Huns] (Brahmi letters 'GIYA(RA)'(?)) and an unpublished countermark of a wolf's head (?), left.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.

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Tamgha 67 types
(Göbl's _______)

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 259 var.
25 mm.
3.02 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=25 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=20 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Gobl __ countermark in 4th quadrant.
Reverse: Countermarked Tamgha 67 variant @ 11h.

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 259
27 x 26 mm.
4.56 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=20 mm
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert A. Schaaf collection.

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 256
22 mm.
1.93 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=20 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=20 mm.
Die position=11h
Obverse: 3/4 facing bust holding standard; tamgha in left field.
Reverse: Altar and attendants.

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 245
21 x 22 mm.
2.39 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=n/a; diameter of reverse dotted border=n/a
Die position=7h
Obverse: Two senmurvs facing each other; tamgha 67 above.
Reverse: Tamgha 61d
Note: Ex-Spengler.

'Caesar of Rome' (Imitating Khusro II)
AR Drachm
circa 738 - 745 AD (?)
Gobl Hunnen Em. 248/247 mule
30 x 31 mm.
2.81 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse borders=21 mm. and 27 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse: Imitative of Khusro II; Bactrian legend in outer border. Pahlavi legend within border; 'TPYR' (?) in front of bust.
Reverse: Fire altar and attendants. Pahlavi legend.
Note: So-called 'Caesar of Rome' (Imitating Khusro II)

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Tamgha 67a types
(Göbl's _______)

AR Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 314
__ mm.
__ gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=__ mm.; diameter of reverse border=__ mm.
Die position=_h
Obverse: King right wearing composite Bull and Boar headdress; 'martini glass' tamgha. Brahmi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar.
Note: Courtesy Pankaj Tandon collection.

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AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. -, Mitchiner ACW -
30 mm.
5.66 gm.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=28 mm.; diameter of reverse border=28 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse: Beardless bust, 3/4 right; Pahlavi legend: GDH 'pzwt to left; tkyn bg hwtyp hwr's'n MLK' to right. Senmerv facing right.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants facing; tgyn (tegin) or possibly a date tlyn (two) to left; z'wlst[an] to right.
Note: Khorasan Tegin Shah (?) [son of Barha Tegin ?]

AE Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 245A var.
27 x 26 mm.
3.83 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=27 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=20 mm.
Die position=5h
Obverse: Bust right; Senmerv in left field.
Reverse: Double border.
Note: Ex-Spengler.

AE Unit
Göbl Hunnen Em. -; ASCC116 (this coin)
17 mm.
1.51 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=14 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=14 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse: Bust right.
Reverse:
Note: Ex-Righetti.

AV Bracteate
Göbl Hunnen Tafel 87, B1 and B2 variant
26 mm.
0.73 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Billon Drachm
Göbl Hunnen Em. 171
19 x 22 mm.
3.01 gm.
Die position=n/a
Obverse: Bust right.
Reverse: Solar disk.

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Imitative of Menander
(Göbl -; Ziad ONS 181 types)

Imitation of Menander
AE Unit
Göbl Hunnen Em. -
15 x 14 mm.
1.03 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=n/a; diameter of reverse dotted border=n/a
Die position=12h
Obverse: Helmeted bust right.
Reverse: Athena standing right (?).

Imitation of Menander
AE Unit
Göbl Hunnen Em. -
mm.
gm.
Diameter of obverse border= mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border= mm.
Die position=h
Obverse: Helmeted bust right.
Reverse: Athena standing left.
Note: Courtesy Peter A. Linenthal collection.

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"Kashmir Smast" AE
(Göbl -; Ziad ONS 187 types)
Bronze types found in or near the "Kashmir Smast" cave complex. In keeping with the tradition that everything associated with Hunnic numismatics is mystifying, inconsistant, contradictory and/or hilariously weird, the "Kashmir Smast" is actually not in Kashmir, but in the Mardan valley, north of Peshawar and west of Charsadda in Pakistan. Follows (roughly) Waleed Ziad's classification in ONS 187 (Spring 2006).

Kidarite-style bust/Female bust holding flower

AE Unit
Göbl Hunnen Em. -; Ziad ONS 187, p.19, 3b (this coin)
12 x 11 mm.
1.06 gm.
Diameter of obverse border=10 mm.; diameter of reverse dotted border=11 mm
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert A. Schaaf collection.

Kidarite-style bust/Tamgha 82