Catalog
1 Drachm Napki Malka
| Issuer | Nezak Huns |
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| Year | 630-711 |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the Nezak ruler facing right, wearing an elaborate crescent-and-bull-head crown surmounted by a trefoil or foliate finial, characteristic of Nezak Huns coinage. The effigy displays a stylized diademed profile with pronounced facial features rendered in the late Kushano-Sasanian artistic tradition. The ruler's neck and shoulder area show traces of ornate garment detailing. Pellets or beaded borders partially encircle the bust. A Pahlavi legend identifying the ruler as 'Napki Malka' (King Napki) appears in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Nezak Huns occupied the Kabul-Zabulistan region following the collapse of Kidarite and Hephthalite power, and their coinage has only been systematically catalogued in the last few decades — Göbl's classification work remaining the primary reference framework. "Napki Malka" functions as a title rather than a personal name, meaning roughly "king" in the associated tradition, which complicates attempts to assign individual pieces to specific rulers within the dynasty's roughly eighty-year span.
The billon content varies considerably across examples, reflecting the degraded metal supply available to a polity operating in contested territory between Sasanian remnants and the expanding Umayyad caliphate.