Watch List notes:

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. AV Bracteate (22mm, 0.59 g, 12h). Imitating an AV Solidus of Justinian I. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly left, holding spear over shoulder and shield, all within linear border / Incuse of obverse. 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 (Vienna, 1999), pp. 453-60; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China (New York, 2001), pp. 271-91; MACW -; cf. CNG 72, 1126. Near EF, two small hairline flan cracks, slightly wavy. An attractive type of cross-cultural interest.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 821.