Silk Road Region, local issue AV Bracteate. Circa 5th-8th centuries AD. Imitating Lupa Romana types of the Roman Empire. Stylised she-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus below; confronting heads above; all within pelleted border / As obverse. For another Lupa Romana bracteate type, cf. V. Raspopova, "Gold Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent, " in Coins, Art, and Chronology (Vienna, 1999), fig. 8. 1.54g, 22mm.
Virtually as made; jewelry loop attached.
From a private UK collection.