Central Asia, Silk Road Region, Local issue. Gold Bracteate, danake. Extremely fine and Rare type for thin gold discs
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Central Asia. Silk Road Region, Local issue. Gold Bracteate danake.
0.41gm, 22.9mm, Found in Silk Road region in burial site.
Hard to tell as heavily creased with some black spots of patina / same as obverse with no patina.
Zeno-366027 (It's me there). Small hole at 12 o'clock. Extremely fine and Rare type for thin gold discs.
An attractive type of cross-cultural interest.
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.