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

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Silk Road. Hunnic gold imitation of Byzantine style. 6th – 7th cent. AD

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. Extremely RARE

References: Z-156956 (this item)

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