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 India. Southern Kingdom. Gurjara Confederacy. Sind. Anonymous Imitative of Peroz (AD 457-484) AR Drachm $95.00 





Attribution: MNIS 217
Date: circa AD 570-712
Obverse: Bust of king right, wearing elaborate winged headdress
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants
Size: 23.40mm
Weight: 4.04 grams
Rarity: 6
Description: toned XF, flat striking. Delightfully crude. Ex Bill Spengler collection with his paper envelope.
William “Bill” F Spengler (1923-2005) served as a Foreign Service Officer in Thailand, Norway, Pakistan and Afghanistan. During WWII, he served as a code breaker in the U.S. Army, joined the Department of State in 1950 and retired as Consul General in Lahore, Pakistan in 1976. In Kabul in the 1960s, he found interest in the ancient coins from the region and became one of the foremost authorities on the peoples who had passed through the area through the centuries. This interest in numismatics and history influenced the rest of his life. He published numerous articles, contributed and edited catalogs on world coins and co-authored two books on the Turkomans.


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