198, Lot: 177. Estimate $150. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. AV Bracteate (12mm, 0.72 g). Figure standing slightly left, holding short cross and spear, long scepter, or crude labarum / Incuse of obverse. Possibly unpublished. Near VF.

Silk Road bracteates imitating late Roman and early Byzantine solidi typically copy the three-quarter facing obverse portrait.