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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1241547, member: 26302&quot;]I would choose something like a Hepthalite silver coin. I would choose this since simply nothing is known about their civilization except from their enemies. We do not know their ethnicity, their language, their social structure, where they came from, their history, anything. Coins today are about the most telling stories of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just FYI, this group ruled Central Asia for about 200 years. The Iranian shahinshah Peroz had three wars against them and lost all three. In the second he was captured, and promised to stay behind a boundary marked by a stone tower for his freedom. For the thrid war, he actually had 50 elephants pull the stone tower towards the Hepthalites so he could claim he was not breaking this blood oath. He was subsequently killed. It was not until the rise of the Turks and the resurgence of the Sassanids combined that they were defeated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am actively putting together a history and numismatic survey of this timeframe and location for my ancient coin club. There is very little in English published about them, so I am having a great time learning new things every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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