Central Asia / Silk Road, AV bracteate in nomadic style
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BN-3312
Category: SOLD ITEMS
Tags: Alchon Huns, Alkhan, Alkhon, ancient, bactrian, Bactrian Yabghu, bactrianumis, bracteate, Hephthalites, hunnic, Hunnic imitation, hunnic tribes, huns, iranian huns, Silk Road, western turks, Zabulistan
Description
Central Asia / Silk Road. AV bracteate in nomadic style. 3rd – 4th cent. AD
0.93 g, 16.80 – 17.58 mm
Features a Kushan of Hunnic style bust with Central-Asian nomadic traits, wearing a necklace, holding mace-scepters
Cup on the forehead of the bust that used to contain a gemstone
Such thin gold bracteates are said to be burial tokens
VF. UNIQUE
Reference: Z-210735 (this item)
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