436, Lot: 321. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. AV Bracteate (16mm, 0.22 g, 12h). Imitating a Late Roman or early Byzantine AV solidus. [...]NA IΛDO(retrograde C)ΛI(inverted U), pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated 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 (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, lot 1126. VF, deposits, slightly wavy, holed for suspension. An attractive type of cross-cultural interest.