Hunnic Tribes, Central Asia. Silk Road Region, Local Issue AV, Imitating a Byzantine solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius.
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Hunnic Tribes, Central Asia. Silk Road Region, Local Issue AV, Imitating a Byzantine solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius.
1.82gm, 21.1mm, Minted in Silk Road Region around circa 5th-8th centuries.
Facing busts of Heraclius, with long beard and plumed helmet, and Heraclius Constantine, wearing crown with a cross; AV and cross above / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger, blundered legend around.
Zeno-363792 (It's me there), More similar items here. Good very fine, with attached loop. Very Rare. 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.