Drachm - Alchon Huns - Anonymous Sassanian type, Khosrau II imitation, unknown date

The Alchon Huns struck imitations of Sasanian drachms as a deliberate policy of monetary credibility — their own populations and trading partners understood Khosrau II's coinage, and deviation meant friction. What makes this type genuinely interesting is the chronological problem it presents: Khosrau II did not begin his reign until 591, yet Alchon political power in the northwest was effectively broken by the mid-sixth century, making any precise attribution of date a working hypothesis rather than established fact.

Göbl's EM 271/A classification reflects a transitional die group where Alchon celators began introducing subtle deviations from the Sasanian prototype — degraded at the margins, legible enough at the center to pass.