Hephthalite (White Hun) or Sogdian(?) men at Di Caoming’s tomb gates, Northern Zhou 579 CE
"After this [Sassanid king, Peroz I's defeat], Akhshunwar minted coins of himself wearing a winged, triple-crescent crown, which was the third crown of Peroz, indicating that the Hephthalite king considered himself to be the legitimate ruler of Iran." (taken from wikipedia)
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"After Peroz, the winged crown was not used for over 100 years by any Sassanian kings until Khusrow II in AD 590, about ten years after Shi Jun’s burial. Kageyama supposes that the triple-crescent crown, together with the winged crown, was introduced into Sogd in the Hephthalite period, and it continued to be used until the 8th century AD, though less frequently than the winged crown. So, the Hephthalite influence is responsible for the prevalence of the winged crown and the triple-crescent crown in China. (The Hephthalites: Archaeological and Historical Analysis by Aydogdy Kurbanov)
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| Hephthalite, c. 475-576 CE, billon drachm, bust R with trident over moon crown, abbreviated NAPKI MALKA in Pahlavi, baton before, Gandhara. |
Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_Doors_of_an_Early_Medieval_Tomb,_Ching-pien_County.jpg
https://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/indi-heph.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroz_I
https://www.podgorski.com/main/assets/documents/Hephthalites_Kurbanov.pdf
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