Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local issues. (Circa 5th-8th centuries). AV Gold Bracteate. Rare
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Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local issues. (Circa 5th-8th centuries). AV Gold Bracteate.
0.49gm, 15.7mm. Imitating an AV Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565 AD).
Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Incuse of obverse. Zeno-361190 (It's me there). Wavy flan otherwise very fine. 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.