Hephthalite Empire Drachm - Napki Malka, 561 – 600

Drachm from Hephthalite Empire. Issued from 561 to 600. Struck in Billon. Measures 26 mm and weighs 3.17 g.

Obverse

Bust of the king on the right, wearing the 3rd crown of Peroz I, above two points; two wings on either side, a crescent surmounted by a globe and intersecting a crown of pearls on the whole. Four globules frame the composition, bacterial inscriptions in the field above the right wing and at 6 o'clock outside the circle.

Reverse

Represented in a stylized way, an altar of fire located between two servants; above a star in the left field and a crescent in the right field. Bacterial inscriptions at 4 o'clock and monogram at 8 o'clock.