Drachm: Bust of Napki Malka (obverse): Fire Altar (Cleveland Museum of Art 1966.737)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 450–500 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1966.737: Drachm: Bust of Napki Malka (obverse): Fire Altar (reverse), c. 450–500 CE. Hephtalite, minted in Afghanistan, reign of Napki Malka.
Silver; diameter: 2.2 x 0.1 cm (7/8 x 1/16 in.). Inscribed: 𐭭𐭩𐭪𐭩 𐭬𐭫𐭪 (King Nezak). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.2 x 0.1 cm (7/8 x 1/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 2.2 x 0.1 cm (7/8 x 1/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- silver
Design
- Inscription
- 𐭭𐭩𐭪𐭩 𐭬𐭫𐭪 (King Nezak)
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 450–500 CE
- Culture period
- Hephtalite, minted in Afghanistan, reign of Napki Malka
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1966.737
- Published references
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art , Vol. 54, No. 10 (December 1967): p. 346, no. 141.
- Museum classification
- Coins
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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