Central Asia, Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local Issue (Circa 5th-8th centuries AD) AE Bracteate.
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Central Asia, Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local Issue (Circa 5th-8th centuries AD) AE Bracteate.
0.82gm, 23.2mm, Found in Silk Road region.
Two Peacocks, standing right facing each other, some floral ornament / Incuse of obverse.
Z-373543 (It's me there). Good very fine, holed otherwise full luster with finding earthen deposit. RRR
An attractive, rare AE 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.