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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2943011, member: 44316&quot;]Here is a coin of the &quot;Hephthalite&quot; huns. The coin may be of the unfortunate Sasanian King Peroz (= Firoz, 457-483) after he was captured in battle, with three countermarks applied by his captors, the Hephthalites, after they received the coins as ransom. Or, it may be struck by them in imitation of his coins. I wish I had the right reference works.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717006[/ATTACH]</p><p>29-27 mm. 3:00. 3.53 grams.</p><p>Three countermarks at 1:00, 3:30, and 10:30.</p><p>When I did a search to find out more I find references in the form</p><p>&quot;Gobl Hunnen&quot;</p><p>which cite his ID numbers for various countermarks.</p><p>I know that citation refers to a book by Gobl (actually with an umlaut). The web seems to show he wrote:</p><p><i>Dokumente zur Geschichte der iranischen Hunnen in Baktrien und Indien</i> in four volumes. Does anyone know if that is the right book and which volume concerns coins? Which volume, if any, has the countermarks illustrated and given an ID number? Or, is there a website which does this well? (I know about <i>Zeno.ru: The Oriental Coins Database</i>:</p><p><a href="https://www.zeno.ru/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zeno.ru/</a></p><p>and Tom Mallon&#039;s site <i>The Coins and History of Asia</i>:</p><p><a href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/huns/huns.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/huns/huns.html" rel="nofollow">http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/huns/huns.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I solicit recommendations of references to this sort of coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show us yours![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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