Drachm - Alchon Huns - Anonymous Sassanian type, Shapur II imitation, Type 39, unknown mint

The Alchon Huns produced imitative coinages closely copying Sasanian prototypes as a deliberate assertion of administrative continuity in the territories they seized across Bactria and northwestern India during the early fifth century. Shapur II had died in 379, meaning these imitations were struck decades after his actual reign — his image remained politically useful currency long after the man himself was gone. The Type 39 classification in Göbl's system reflects a distinct die lineage within this imitative tradition, not simply a degraded copy.