Catalogue of the Coins of the Kashmir Smast

Mardan, NWFP, Pakistan

 

 

Note: This and related pages are currently under construction.  The images will be improved, and separate articles covering each specimen will be published on this page.  The attribution of all varieties is tentative.

 

Copyright: Waleed Ziad

 

 

AE Units from the TurkoHephthalite period

 

The following include smaller AE versions and derivatives of published TurkoHephthalite AR and AE drachms as well as completely unknown varieties featuring Bactrian Greek legends, or bilingual / trilingual legends, as is typically found in TurkoHephthalite emissions.

 

1.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

2.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

3.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing three quarters; legend before bust

 

Rev.

Anahita facing

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Fire altar

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

5.

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing ¾ right holding trident

 

Rev.

Bactrian legend

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

6.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing ¾ left

Rev.

Bull seated left

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

7.

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right; legend before bust

Rev.

Bull seated facing right

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

8.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing, Akshara to left of bust

Rev.

Fire altar and legend

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

9.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Zoomorphic figure with Brahmi legend

Rev.

Zoomorphic figure with Bactrian legend

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Zoomorphic figure with Brahmi legend

Rev.

Zoomorphic figure with Bactrian legend

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

10.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing ¾ right holding staff

 

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

 

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing ¾ right holding staff

 

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

 

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

10.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing ¾ right holding staff

 

Rev.

Fire altar and attendants

 

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

11.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bust facing right

 

Rev.

Anahita facing

 

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

12.

 

Dynasty:

Turko-Hephthalite / Turk Shahis / Khanate of the Western Turks

Year:

c. 7th c. AD

Ruler:

 

Mint:

Gandhara

Obv.

Bull seated right

 

Rev.

Simurgh?

Unit:

AE

Dim:

Weight:

Reference:

Comments:

 

 

 

 

Copyright: Waleed Ziad, 2007

Links

 

Home