BI Drachm - Alchon Issue

The Alchon Huns held substantial territory across Bactria and northwestern India following the collapse of Gupta imperial authority in the late fifth century, and their coinage reflects a monetary tradition built on deliberate imitation and gradual divergence from Sasanian prototypes. By the time issues of this type were struck, the Alchon had absorbed enough of the local administrative apparatus to mint on a semi-regular basis, though surviving specimens show considerable variation in silver content — the billon composition was not stable across the emission.

Göbl's classification of this type as Hun#232 places it within a sequence where flan preparation had become noticeably inconsistent.