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Central Asia, Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local Issue (Circa 5th-8th centuries AD) Brass Bracteate

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GA-1056
Central Asia, Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local Issue (Circa 5th-8th centuries AD) Brass Bracteate.
0.86gm, 26.3mm, Found in Silk Road region.
Frog surrounded by border of dots, circle and decorated floral ornament / Incuse of obverse.
Z-374326 (It's me there). About extfremely fine, finding earthen deposit. RRR

An attractive, unique brass bracteate, a nice example that belongs to the great Silk Road in
Northwest India, Afghanistan, Central Asia and China.  

Please see Cf. Göbl, Dokumente pl.
87, B1, cf. Stein (Wang) p. 239 = BM IA.XII.c.1; V. Raspopova, "Gold
Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent," in Coins, Art, and Chronology,
pp. 453-460; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants:
Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, pp. 271-291.