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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8250863, member: 99456&quot;]The winged bull&#039;s head crown of this Nezak Shah is worth a closer look.&nbsp; These eastern neighbors to the Sasanians left behind many coins, but are otherwise not much documented.&nbsp; The shape of the head suggests that these Nezak shahs artificially deformed their skulls.&nbsp; Their headdresses are remarkable and certainly leave an impression on this 3.28g, 26mm coin with a thin silver flan.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453452[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Nezak Huns</b>, &#039;Nezak Malka&#039; series, circa 6th century, AR drachm (26mm, 3.328g, 3h).</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Bust right, wearing winged bull&#039;s head crown with crescent in the front, bridle visible on the nose of the bull. The person wears an earring with two beads, a necklace with flying ribbons at the neck and a garment with beaded decorative stripes.&nbsp; Under the bust is an ornament resembling twigs or wings. Pehlevi legend: nyčky MLD-š or nyčky MLK-ā.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> fire altar&nbsp; with ribbons and flames on top to left and right a figure in long garment, holding a staff vertically.&nbsp; Behind each figure a row of dots, sometimes positioned like wings or a mantle, sometimes without connection to the figures, over each figure a wheel rosette.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453453[/ATTACH]</p><p>This website from the <a href="https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/dasantlitzdesfremden/showcases/showcase11%3Flanguage=en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/dasantlitzdesfremden/showcases/showcase11%3Flanguage=en.html" rel="nofollow">Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna</a> is an excellent resource for&nbsp; information on the <a href="https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/dasantlitzdesfremden/showcases/showcase11%3Flanguage=en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/dasantlitzdesfremden/showcases/showcase11%3Flanguage=en.html" rel="nofollow">Coins of Nezak Kings</a>.&nbsp; There is also a 2014 monograph by Matthias Pfisterer in German, Hunnen in Indien. In English, see also Chapter 4: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1553/0x0031e752" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.1553/0x0031e752" rel="nofollow">Coinage of the Nezak Shahs a perspective from the hoard evidence </a> Matthias Pfisterer and Katherina Uhlir.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Share your coins of Hunnic tribes, unusual head gear or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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