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Silk Road Region, Local Issue AV Bracteate. Imitating a solidus of Theodosius II. Circa 5th - 8th centuries AD. [D N T]HEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / 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, pp. 453-460; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, pp. 271-291; cf. Album 37, lot 184. 0.69g, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine; pierced, flan crack at 1h.