SILK ROAD REGION, local issue, AV bracteate, 5th-8th cent. AD. Imitation of a solidus of Justinian I. Obv./ Helmeted and cuir. bust facing, holding gl. cr. and shield on both sides. To l. and r., - . Rev./ Incuse of obverse. Göbl, Dokumente, - (cf. pl. 87, B1); Ying, Silk Road, Group 3. 1,19g.
Very Fine - Extremely Fine
Very Fine - Extremely Fine
Cf. Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 322; Künker, Auction 277, 21 Jun. 2016, 174. See also Thierry & Morrisson, Sur les monnaies byzantines trouvées en Chine, in RN (1994), p. 109-145.