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Nezak Huns Silver Drachm — Kabul Region Issue, 6th Century AD, NGC-Certified

Name: Nezak Huns Silver Drachm — Kabul Region Issue, 6th Century AD, NGC-Certified
Brand: Kinzer Coins
Price: 107.1 USD
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Nezak Huns Silver Drachm — Kabul Region Issue, 6th Century AD, NGC-Certified

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Own a Silver Coin from the Hunnic Dynasty That Ruled the Silk Road

A real Nezak Hun silver drachm — struck by the post-Hephthalite dynasty that controlled the Kabul Valley and a vital segment of the Silk Road during the 6th century AD, at the crossroads of Central Asia, India, and the Iranian plateau. NGC certified.

$107.10

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🐂 Obverse features the iconic bull-horned crown — the unmistakable emblem of Nezak dynastic identity
🔥 Reverse displays a Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by attendants — Persian religious symbolism adapted by a Hunnic ruling dynasty
🤲 A silver coin from the crossroads of China, India, and Persia — where Hunnic power met Silk Road commerce

Own This Piece of History

Why This Coin Matters

The Nezak Huns emerged from the collapse of the Hephthalite Empire to establish control over the Kabul Valley and surrounding regions — one of the most strategically critical territories in the ancient world. Positioned where Central Asia, northern India, and the Iranian plateau converge, the Nezak rulers sat astride trade routes connecting China, India, and Persia, collecting the wealth that flowed between civilizations and projecting authority across a region where no single power had ever held dominance for long.

This silver drachm tells their story in every detail. The obverse carries the bull-horned crown — one of the most distinctive and immediately recognizable emblems in all of Central Asian numismatics, a Nezak dynastic symbol that announced their identity across the entire region. The portrait beneath it is rendered in Sasanian Persian style, accompanied by a tamgha dynastic mark — a Hunnic ruling family speaking the visual language of Persian imperial authority while insisting on their own identity.

The reverse fire altar closely follows Sasanian coinage, signaling that the Nezak rulers had absorbed Zoroastrian religious symbolism into their own political theology — even as their bull-horned crowns and tamgha marks declared they were something entirely their own. Struck to the Sasanian silver drachm standard for use across international trade networks, this coin is pre-Islamic Central Asian history in the most tangible form possible. Certified by NGC for authenticity and preservation.