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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1894,0506.1164
Description
Silver coin.
(whole)
Cranially deformed, moustached bust of king above a pair of wings, facing to right, with a diadem around his head topped by a crescent, and plumes issuing from each shoulder. There is an Alchon tamga in the right field. The image is encircled by a Bactrian inscription above and a dotted border below.
(obverse)
Traces of a fire-altar crowned with a radiant bust and flanked by two standing figures. The image is largely obliterated across the centre by an incuse caused by the striking of the obverse.
(reverse)
Authority
Ruler:
Khingila
Cultures/periods
Alchon
Production date
4thC-5thC
(circa)
Production place
Minted in:
Afghanistan
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Charles Masson
(In 1834)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Hadda Stupa 10
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Diameter:
29 millimetres
Weight:
3.64 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Identified from its drawing in Masson's Uncatalogued Manuscript (Bundle 1a) as being from the relic deposit of Tope Kelan (Hadda Stupa 10), excavated by Masson in 1834.
Bibliographic references
Masson Uncat. MSS
(Bundle 1a, f.49, fig.4)
Bombay Political Proceedings 1835 / Correspondence (I) from Charles Masson to Col. Henry Pottinger 1833-1834
(no.3, para.2)
Göbl 1967 / Dokumente zur Geschichte der iranischen Hunnen in Baktrien und Indien
(pp.71-2, type 61, pl.21, fig.61.2)
Davary 1982 / Baktrisch. Ein Wörterbuch auf Grund der Inschriften, Handschriften, Münzen und Siegelsteine.
(pp.95-6, NumH 61/1-6)
Errington & Curtis 2007 / From Persepolis to the Punjab. Exploring ancient Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
(p.94, fig.83.5a)
Errington 2017a / Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832-1835
(p.187, p.188, fig.282.10)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
tamga
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Khingila
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
India Museum
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1894,0506.1164