Central Asia / Silk Road, AV bracteate, imitations of Byzantine style

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Central Asia / Silk Road. Hunnic gold imitations of Byzantine style

Such thin gold bracteates are said to be burial tokens, uniface burial piece derived from a gold solidus of the late Roman emperors. Gold burial pieces were normally placed on the corpse during the burial, or attached to its shroud or other ornaments

0.52 g, 22 mm

XF. Unique

References:

Z-156956 (this item)

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