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Drachm - Napki Malka White Huns
| Issuer | Hephthalite Empire |
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| Year | 561-600 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the king facing right, wearing the third crown type of Peroz I, adorned with two lateral wings and surmounted by a crescent-and-globe device intersecting a pearl diadem. Two prominent points appear above the effigy, and four globules frame the overall composition at cardinal positions. Bactrian inscriptions appear in the field above the right wing and outside the inner circle at approximately six o'clock. The portrait reflects the Sasanian-derived artistic tradition as adapted by Hephthalite engravers. |
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| Reverse script | Bactrian |
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The Napki Malka series was produced in the eastern Iranian world during the period when Hephthalite power was collapsing under combined Sasanian and Western Turkic pressure — the Gök Turk alliance with Khosrow I effectively destroyed the Hephthalite confederation around 560 AD. These coins continued to circulate and be imitated long after any coherent Hephthalite political authority had dissolved, making the attribution of late issues to a specific ruler or mint essentially impossible.
Göbl's classification system for this material remains the primary reference, though subsequent scholarship has questioned whether "Napki Malka" denotes a personal name or a title.