Hunnic Tribes, Western Turks, Shahi Tegin(Sri Shahi)( 680-700 AD), Copper Drachm, 2.63 gms, Uncertain Mint in Khorasan, Obv. Draped bust of Tegin to right, wearing winged crown surmounted by double crescent, ‘σριο τογινο βαyo’ ('His Perfection, Tegin, King' in Bactrian), Rev. Fire altar flanked by two winged attendants with headdresses leaning toward the altar and placing their hands on it Brahmi legends ‘Srima Deva Pattasri’(Sri made by God’s perfection) visible on the fire altar shaft, Gobl Type 206, choice extremely fine, very rare. Tegin was the King of Turk Shahis, a dynasty of Western Turk or mixed Western Turk-Hephthalite origin who ruled from Kabul and Kapisa to Gandhara in the 7th to 9th centuries. The reverses of the drachms of Tegin of Khorasan are perhaps the most elaborate and detailed in all of the Hunnic Western Turkish series. While the winged attendants flanking the fire altar are sometimes described as Kinnaras, mythical half-man and half-bird creatures. Note: Only 3-4 specimen sold globally with Boar countermark, being offered for the first time in any Indian Auction.