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Nezak Kashmir Smast Fire Altar Coin Type: Bronze quarter drachm from the Kashmir Smast, 7th-8th century CE?
Mint: Kabul?
Size and Weight: 15mm x 16mm, 1.0g
Obverse: Nezak bust right, Gandharan series with bare head.
Pahlavi legend in front reduced to a single character.
Reverse: Fire altar with attendants, wheel above each.
Ref: Mitchiner 1535 (Mitchiner dates this to 475–560/576 CE).
Provenance: indus122 (eBay) = Ijaz Khan, May 2006. From Kashmir Smast Cave, Mardan, Settlement 3.
BW Ref: 002 024 087
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