Rare! AE unit (hemidrachm?) of Varahran II Kushanshah (ca.350-356 AD), Harid min

Description

Pehlavi inscription: VaRaHRAN, Bust of the king right, wearing a "ram-horns" crown with an "artichoke" ornament above / Pehlavi inscription: BWRZ'Y NDY YZTY, Half length figure of Ahura-Mazda rising from altar, holding wreath and trident. 14mm, 1.40 grams. Harid mint. MACW attribution to Varahran II was made by Mitchiner. It is questioned by some other numismatists (this type is sometimes attributed to "Peroz III of Gandhara", a ruler of a successor-state of Kushanshahs.
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